James King
Senior Software Engineer at Artifax Software
Redditch, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames King is a seasoned CTO and entrepreneur with 13 years of hands-on experience building web applications, leading engineering teams, and running agency-scale technical operations. As Co-Founder and CTO at Varsuite Core and CTO at Varsuite Media Group, he oversees platform development, security audits, and the management of 100+ diverse websites while introducing robust development processes. A full-stack PHP/Laravel specialist who also ships React Native mobile apps and DevOps solutions, he blends day-to-day coding with strategic architecture and client-facing quoting. James contributes to open-source projects like Cachet, where he improved seeding and core settings, showing attention to both developer experience and product polish. He holds a First-class BSc in Web Programming and brings a practical, service-oriented mindset from years running his own agency and hosting business. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic problem-solving that balances technical debt, security, and scalable delivery.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Web Programming, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Web Programming at University of StaffordshireArrow Vale Community High School
English, German
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Github Skills (21)
back-end-development10
seed10
laravel-mix10
laravel10
seeding10
php10
relationship9
databases9
database9
web-cache9
object-cache9
memory-cache9
status-page8
self-hosting8
homestead6
Programming languages (29)
Github contributions (5)
cachethq/cachet
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
🚦 Cachet, the open source, self-hosted status page system.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 20 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the project by modifying seed files and settings related to the application's database and initial setup. They fixed seeding processes for development and made code style adjustments. Additionally, the user implemented the functionality to remove the banner image from the application's settings, including changes to the view, controller, and JavaScript. These changes suggest involvement in core application functionality.
status-pagecachetlaravelstatuspagesphp
Jamesking56/jamesking.dev
Sep 2015 - Dec 2022
My personal website
Contributions:5 releases, 25 reviews, 161 commits in 7 years 3 months
reactpugbootstrap3bootstrapnextjs
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