James Crooke
Director Of Product at Startle
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Crooke is a product-focused technology leader and hands-on engineer with over 15 years building web and mobile applications across e-commerce, CMS, and responsive UI domains. Currently Director of Product at Startle, he combines product strategy with deep technical chops in PHP, Swift, Java, and React, and recent experience designing scalable APIs and cloud architectures using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Next.js and Terraform. As former CTO and founding engineer, he’s led teams through ISO27001 compliance, R&D-driven growth, and a successful acquisition while staying closely involved in delivery. He’s skilled at turning user feedback into rapid product iterations—evident from the Virtual Jukebox evolution that became part of Startle—and at aligning engineering practices with business outcomes. Based in England, he brings a pragmatic blend of leadership, full‑stack proficiency, and a track record of shipping reliable, revenue-generating platforms.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
GCSEs, GCSEs at Murray Park SchoolFirst Class BSc Hons Games Development, First Class BSc Hons Games Development at University of DerbyDistinction Computer Science, Distinction Computer Science at Derby College
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Github Skills (79)
laravel10
tailwindcss10
moralis10
cms9
nextjs9
vite9
css9
ethereum9
php9
tailwind9
react9
radix-ui9
concrete59
react-aria8
tanstack8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jcrooke/lotto
Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
Contributions:3 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 5 days
jcrooke/magic-8-ball
Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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