James Doyle
Principal Engineer at Engine Digital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Doyle is a Principal Engineer based in Vancouver with 13 years of full-stack web development experience, currently leading architectural and delivery efforts at Engine Digital. He combines deep backend PHP contributions—extending CMS capabilities and improving API tooling—with modern frontend expertise in Vue and responsive design, having led frontend stacks and testing initiatives at multiple companies. A pragmatic technical leader and meetup co-organizer, he mentors teams, shapes developer workflows, and champions better docs and tooling (notably improving Scribe’s “Try It Out” UX and security). James is an avid learner who treats professional growth like a personal project—maintaining subscriptions, a curated technical library, and a steady podcast habit—and he extends that curiosity into community teaching and organizing. Outside work he’s as likely to be debugging a layout as walking his dog or lifting at the gym, reflecting a disciplined, hands-on approach to both craft and life.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Audio Engineering, Diploma, Audio Engineering at The Audio Recording AcademyDiploma, Multimedia Design and Production, Diploma, Multimedia Design and Production at Fanshawe CollegeAll Saints Catholic High School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (27)
ec10
database-migrations10
cms10
javascript10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
laravel-mix10
css10
responsive-design10
laravel10
php10
api10
front-end-development10
sql10
html10
Programming languages (30)
Github contributions (5)
jalxob/cool-kitten
Apr 2013 - Apr 2013
A parallax scrolling responsive framework
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:James primarily worked on the front-end aspects of the "cool-kitten" repository, which appears to be a parallax scrolling framework. Their contributions include adding conditional classes and the HTML5 shim for IE compatibility, ensuring the project's responsiveness and cross-browser compatibility. They reorganized the stylesheet loading order and fixed indentation. Additionally, they renamed a JavaScript file and updated the build process, which suggests an understanding of front-end development best practices.
parallaxscrollscrollingparallax-scrollingresponsive-framework
knuckleswtf/scribe
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Generate API documentation for humans from your Laravel codebase.✍
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 25 commits, 5 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:James focused on enhancing the "Try It Out" feature for the API documentation generator, Scribe. They implemented CSRF token support and added CORS configurations to the try-out functionality, improving security and cross-origin request handling. The user also refactored the sidebar navigation, adding language selection options and improved search functionality within the documentation interface. Furthermore, they enhanced the user experience by adding example values to field details and mobile sidebar toggling.
apiphpcode-generatorapi-documentationfor-humans
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