James Fenley is a Principal Software Engineer with 15 years of experience designing and delivering mobile and web architectures that improve communication between educators, students, and parents. Based in San Jose, he has progressed from iOS developer roles to senior technical leadership at Remind and ParentSquare, blending hands-on mobile and backend engineering with system-wide architectural thinking. He is skilled at building developer tooling and platform integrations, a strength rooted in early roles creating first-party iOS tools and platform work at Booyah and TrickPlay. James combines pragmatic delivery with mentorship, driving cross-functional teams through complex product and infrastructure decisions. His Electrical Engineering degree from Cal Poly SLO underpins a systems-oriented approach to reliable, scalable apps. Colleagues describe him as a steady technical architect who still enjoys shipping code and solving low-level platform challenges.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Notre Dame High School - Sherman Oaks
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James Fenley - Principal Software Engineer at ParentSquare