Summary
James Hynes is a pragmatic developer based in Melbourne with 10 years of experience building and operating web systems, currently shaping human-centred solutions at Otto IT. His background spans full-stack Ruby on Rails development, DevOps and systems administration, having supported high-availability production environments and client services at Micron21 and Niche Media. Comfortable across tools like Ruby, Rails, JavaScript and PostgreSQL, he combines hands-on engineering with a customer-focused mindset honed in support-heavy roles. James’s career shows a steady progression from systems administration into developer-operations and product-facing development, reflecting both operational discipline and a knack for shipping reliable software.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
VCE, English, Physics, VCE, English, Physics at Boronia Heights College
Diploma of Information Technology (Networking), Computers, Diploma of Information Technology (Networking), Computers at Holmesglen Institute
ruby, php, javascript/coffeescript