Summary
James Davila is a Senior Software Engineer with seven years of focused experience building scalable back-end systems and cross-platform applications, currently contributing to Duo Security at Cisco. He has a track record of designing maintainable, extensible APIs and server applications across healthcare, e-commerce, and security domains, and has progressed from developer and consultant roles to senior and staff engineering positions. James combines strong verbal and written communication with a customer-focused mindset, often translating complex requirements into performant solutions that handle high volumes of data. His background includes hands-on work with Python, C#, T-SQL, and virtualization/automation—skills he used early on to streamline infrastructure and optimize database-heavy workflows. Colleagues know him for improving development processes and mentoring junior engineers while shipping production-ready features. Based in Boston, he brings practical depth in performance-sensitive systems and a consistent emphasis on security and reliability.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at SUNY New Paltz