Summary
James Lavery is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years' experience building web and mobile applications, currently contributing to EverQuote after progressing from Software Engineer II. He has a 1st Class BSc in Computer Science from Queen's University Belfast and a track record delivering production systems across React/Next.js, TypeScript, Kotlin/Spring Boot, .NET, and mobile platforms. James has strong hands-on experience with cloud deployments, CI/CD, auth systems, testing (Cypress, Selenium), and has mentored interns while leading hackathon-winning teams that built AI chat integrations. Comfortable across frontend and backend domains, he combines pragmatic engineering with a curiosity for emerging areas like ML and AI and a history of translating research prototypes into production features for large-scale health and B2B applications.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Queen's University Belfast
Mathematics Computing Physics Business Studies, Mathematics Computing Physics Business Studies at Dalriada School, Ballymoney
English