James Lingo is a seasoned iOS-focused software engineer with nine years of professional experience, currently driving projects as a SW Dev Eng 4 at Apple. He brings a pragmatic blend of Swift and Java expertise from roles spanning senior engineering, R&D, and startup leadership, including founding ventures and serving as CTO for a UAV startup. His background uniquely combines hands-on device repair and customer rapport as a former Mac Genius with an academic grounding in anthropology from UC Berkeley, informing a user-centered approach to product design. James has led cross-disciplinary teams and shipped mobile products in enterprise and consumer contexts, and he has experience with C# from embedded and IoT-style R&D work. Known for curiosity and adaptability, he often bridges technical strategy and practical implementation, whether in small businesses or large platform teams.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Anthropology, ~3.5 GPA, Bachelor’s Degree, Anthropology, ~3.5 GPA at University of California, Berkeley
Associate’s Degree, Anthropology, 3.8, Associate’s Degree, Anthropology, 3.8 at Mt. San Jacinto Community College District
Computer Science, Computer Science at City College of San Francisco
Contributions:28 releases, 473 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 7 months
ios-frameworkcloudkitswiftdatabaseios
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