Summary
James Grantham is a Full Stack Engineer with 11 years of experience who transitioned from a decade-long career in offshore mechanical and project engineering to build web applications and APIs. Trained at Lambda School after earning a Mechanical Engineering degree from Loughborough, he blends strong practical systems thinking with modern JavaScript, React, Node.js and database skills. He has a proven track record of turning complex, data-heavy operational problems into efficient digital solutions—having led the development of an internal live-data web portal that catalyzed his career change. Comfortable working remotely and experienced managing distributed offshore teams across time zones, he’s based in Aberdeen but open to relocation within the UK. Colleagues describe him as methodical and outcome-driven, with an engineer’s attention to reliability applied to software delivery.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University