James Smyth
Head Of Mobile & Web Software Engineering at M2
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Smyth is a Head of Mobile & Web Software Engineering based in Dubai with 10 years of experience scaling high-performing product teams and shipping consumer-facing web and mobile platforms. He progressed from frontend developer roles into leadership at companies including Landmark Group, Publicis Sapient, Rain, and now M2, blending hands-on engineering with cross-functional delivery. Known for strong frontend roots, he brings pragmatic architecture choices and a designer-informed approach from his BSc in Computing & Art. James excels at transforming legacy codebases into modern, maintainable stacks while mentoring engineers to level up their craft. He’s fluent in balancing product velocity with engineering discipline in fast-moving markets across the UAE.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computing & Art, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computing & Art at Canterbury Christ Church University
Github Skills (21)
test-suite8
testing-library8
e2e8
browser8
wait8
test-runner8
cypress8
testing8
angular-testing-library7
javascript7
component-testing7
vue-testing-library7
react-testing-library7
svelte-testing-library7
test-automation6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jamesdsmyth/show-me-beer
May 2016 - Aug 2017
Contributions:152 commits, 157 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 2 months
jamesdsmyth/lets-grow
Feb 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:61 commits, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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