James Ellis
Principal Mobile Engineering Lead at Appcues
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Ellis is a principal mobile engineering leader with 10+ years building and directing high-profile iOS and Android products, currently driving Appcues' Swift and Kotlin SDK efforts to bring in-app experiences into SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose. He previously led mobile engineering at FOX, shaping the FOX Sports apps and guiding teams from hands-on development to managerial oversight. His background spans native mobile, cross-platform Xamarin, backend APIs, and even reservoir simulation tooling from an earlier engineering career, reflecting a rare mix of product-focused mobile expertise and domain-driven systems work. Based in Cincinnati, he is known for turning complex integration needs into developer-friendly SDKs and shipping initial releases that simplify embedding product experiences.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Indiana University Bloomington
Github Skills (36)
android-sdk10
ios9
react-native-module9
react8
android8
react-native8
mobile7
android-app7
flutter-plugin7
automation6
azure-devops6
ruby6
android-screen6
cross-platform6
ios-application5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
appcues/appcues-flutter-plugin
Apr 2022 - Feb 2023
The Appcues Flutter Plugin Package
Contributions:22 releases, 60 reviews, 51 commits in 10 months
flutter-pluginproductionmend-scan
appcues/segment-appcues-android
Jul 2022 - May 2026
The Appcues Android SDK integration with Segment
Contributions:20 releases, 24 reviews, 58 PRs in 3 years 11 months
android-sdk
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