James Filtness
VP Of Engineering at DigitalGenius
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Filtness is a seasoned engineering leader with 10+ years building high-performance frontend teams and products, now serving as VP of Engineering at DigitalGenius. He combines deep hands-on expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Redux and GraphQL with practical backend and DevOps experience (Node, Docker, AWS, Nginx), enabling end-to-end delivery from UI to infrastructure. His career traces a steady progression from web developer roles through lead and head positions, demonstrating skill in scaling teams and architecture across sectors including publishing, retail, and SaaS. A proponent of TDD and modular styling approaches, he focuses on robust, maintainable frontends and data-driven interfaces (D3) that bridge engineering and product goals. Based in England, he brings a mix of technical leadership and pragmatic coding taste that favors measurable outcomes over flashy tech.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, Multimedia Technology, Bsc, Multimedia Technology at De Montfort University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (91)
react-redux10
audio-applications10
music10
music-streaming10
loadable10
web-audio-api10
api9
audio9
streaming9
spotify9
redux9
mixer9
lastfm9
midi8
javascript8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jamesfiltness/crime-map
Sep 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 3 years 11 months
jamesfiltness/web-audio-mixer
Sep 2017 - May 2020
An audio mixer built using Web Audio API
Contributions:21 commits, 6 PRs, 24 pushes in 2 years 8 months
apijavascriptaudio-apiaudioweb-audio
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