Summary
James Kirkby is a Staff Frontend Engineer based in London with a decade of professional experience and eight years focused on front-end development. He specializes in HTML, CSS (SASS/LESS), and JavaScript with deep React and Node.js knowledge, and has practical experience across PHP, Shopify, and WordPress while keeping performance optimization front and center. Currently shaping user-facing systems at Raylo and volunteering as a tech lead for League Leaders®, he blends hands-on coding with mentorship and product-minded delivery. His academic background in Information Systems with Business Management complements a pragmatic approach to building maintainable, high-performance interfaces for both startups and established platforms.
10 years of coding experience
IT Practitioners (Software Development), IT Practitioners (Software Development) at York College
Tadcaster Grammar School
Information Systems with Business Management, Computer Science, Business Management, Marketing, 2:1, Information Systems with Business Management, Computer Science, Business Management, Marketing, 2:1 at University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne