James Shen is a software engineer in New York with nine years of experience blending engineering, product, and finance expertise across startups and institutional firms. He’s built production Java services and market-facing workflows at Bloomberg, helped scale fintech and creator platforms at Series A/B and seed-stage startups, and now focuses on debt capital management at Finley. His background in corporate finance and private wealth investing gives him a rare ability to translate complex financial requirements into pragmatic engineering solutions. Trained at Fullstack Academy after a B.S. in Finance & Accounting, he pairs hands-on coding with product-minded tradeoffs and operational rigor. Colleagues value him for shipping reliable backend systems while keeping an eye on business impact rather than just technical elegance.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance & Accounting, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance & Accounting at University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Software Engineering Immersive Program, Software Engineering Immersive Program at Fullstack Academy
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