James Darling
Head Of Technology (Screening) at Self-employed
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Darling is a seasoned technology leader with 17 years of experience building public-good digital services, currently heading Technology for Screening at NHS England after a period of consulting and board-level leadership at dxw. He blends hands-on full-stack Ruby on Rails craftsmanship with product strategy and stakeholder management to take multidisciplinary agile teams from discovery to high-impact delivery. His track record includes scaling an employee-owned agency, winning and delivering multimillion-pound government contracts, and leading award-winning civic projects like Southwark’s affordable housing monitoring. A founder of Rewired State and Local Welcome, he pairs civic tech pedigree with an appetite for practical creativity—he also makes propane flame-effect art. Known for hiring and developing technical leaders, he’s available for contract work and thrives at the intersection of engineering, policy and organisational change.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Penwith CollegeWoodbridge High School, London
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (50)
authentication10
publisher10
planning10
supplier10
admin9
devise9
php9
api9
service-design9
audit-trail9
roda8
spree8
activemodel8
auditing8
warden8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dxw/affordable-housing-monitoring
Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:102 PRs, 125 pushes, 102 branches in 1 year 7 months
james/hackday
Feb 2009 - Jan 2010
Contributions:113 commits in 10 months
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