James Law
Contract Software Engineer at bp
Greater Leicester Area United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorJames Law is a seasoned contract software engineer with 10 years of experience delivering .NET and web solutions across major enterprises including bp, Shell, J.P. Morgan and Sainsbury’s. He blends hands-on development and technical leadership, having held roles from web developer and analyst programmer to technical lead and engineering manager. James has a strong track record of stepping into short-term, high-impact contracts across industries—finance, energy, retail and gaming—making him adept at rapidly understanding domain needs and legacy systems. Based in the Greater Leicester area but available for work in Sydney previously, he is comfortable working across timezones and organisational boundaries. His background includes both team leadership and individual contributor roles, which helps him bridge delivery, architecture and coaching on compact engagements. Known for reliably shipping pragmatic, maintainable solutions, he favours practical engineering over undue complexity.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
English, sarcasmGithub contributions (5)
jkl1690/Bitconnect-Carlos-Soundboard
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
jkl1690/jklaw.tech
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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