Summary
James Smith is a pragmatic software engineer based in Lausanne with eight years of experience building web applications and supporting R&D projects in academic and social-impact settings. He has hands-on expertise from Django and Python web crawlers at EPFL to progressive React apps during a Mindtree internship, and more recently leads work at Bhaasha after contributing to HEIG-VD research and teaching web technologies to refugee students. Known for patience, strong teamwork and mentorship, he pairs practical coding skills with a knack for documentation and process (Sphinx, ITIL V3). Comfortable in multilingual Swiss environments, he also brings uncommon operational experience from military service, where he honed communication and logistics alongside technical roles.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
IT engeneer software developpement, IT engeneer software developpement at HEIG-VD
CFC and MPTi Information Technology, CFC and MPTi Information Technology at ETML, Ecole technique Ecole des métiers, Lausanne
Certificat d'études secondaires Voie Secondaire Générale (VSG) Informatique, Certificat d'études secondaires Voie Secondaire Générale (VSG) Informatique at Beausobre
French, English, German