James Hoover
Technical Product Designer at Union.ai
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Hoover is a Technical Product Designer in Seattle with 11 years of experience turning complex AI/ML and web problems into clear, usable products. He’s often hired as an early designer at startups and scale-ups—most recently at Union.ai after shaping product experiences at TruLiv, DataRobot, and Algorithmia. His background in computer science and hands-on work as a product designer/developer gives him fluency across design, front-end implementation, and integration engineering. James specializes in moving models and data-driven features from development into production-facing interfaces, balancing developer needs with end-user clarity. He also brings freelance experience building bespoke sites for diverse clients, a sign of pragmatic, customer-focused craft. Colleagues describe him as a designer who bridges technical constraints and product strategy to ship useful outcomes quickly.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
User Experience Design, User Experience Design at General AssemblyBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Gonzaga University
Github Skills (14)
algorithmia10
jekyll3
graph3
cli3
redux3
react3
user-interface2
protocol-buffers2
dnd-tools2
typescript2
machine-learning2
flyte1
mlops1
github-pages1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
JamesHoover/design_portfolio
Jan 2015 - Feb 2019
Contributions:217 pushes in 4 years 1 month
JamesHoover/blog
Nov 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:45 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
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