Summary
James Macon is a Director of Engineering based in Portland, Maine with a decade of hands-on experience shipping web platforms and leading engineering teams. He combines front-end expertise in Vue.js, JavaScript, and Sass with deep WordPress and PHP/SQL integration experience, plus practical SEO know-how that helps products perform in the wild. Previously a technical architect and lead web developer, he’s comfortable bridging design-minded thinking (a background in cinematography/visual art) with scalable engineering and integrations like Salesforce/CS-Cart. James has moved from support and ops roles into leadership, which gives him a pragmatic focus on developer workflows, customer-facing reliability, and mentorship.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Cinematography and Film/Video Production, Cinematography and Film/Video Production at Emerson College