Summary
James Cui is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building resilient consumer and backend systems, currently shaping the digital supply chain for Apple TV within iTunes Editorial Engineering. He brings deep mobile expertise from multiple roles at Course Hero and XE, having led architecture reviews, migrated Objective-C to Swift, and refactored apps into MVVM and multi-target frameworks. Comfortable in agile teams, James is experienced with code review, pair programming, and CI-driven workflows, and has delivered full-stack features including APIJames Cui is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building resilient consumer and backend systems, currently shaping the digital supply chain for Apple TV within iTunes Editorial Engineering. He brings deep mobile expertise from multiple roles at Course Hero and XE, having led architecture reviews, migrated Objective-C to Swift, and refactored apps into MVVM and multi-target frameworks. Comfortable in agile teams, James is experienced with code review, pair programming, and CI-driven workflows, and has delivered full-stack features including API endpoints and backend services. Early roles show a knack for performance tuning and automation—improving app graphics and build scripts at XE and scaling Elasticsearch workflows at Course Hero. Based in Redwood City, he pairs a business-administration background with computer science training, enabling pragmatic trade-offs between product impact and technical quality. Colleagues describe him as adaptable and consistently focused on shipping value in high-impact projects.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration, Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration at Wilfrid Laurier University
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at University of Waterloo