James Watts
Lead Software Engineer at Element Fleet Management
Salem, Oregon, United States
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SeniorJames Watts is a Lead Software Engineer based in Salem, Oregon with 11 years of experience designing and shipping high-availability web, e-commerce, and data services across agency and SaaS models. He has led architecture and core data service development for connected vehicle fleet payment systems and previously ran technical strategy and teams as a CTO for a tele-health startup. His background spans CMS, Magento, Symfony and custom frameworks, with deep experience integrating complex back-end systems like accounting, fulfillment, and analytics. Known for turning client requirements into robust production systems, he combines hands-on software architecture with team building in startup and enterprise contexts. An understated strength is his long track record of operational ownership—from source control and deployment to monitoring—ensuring systems reliably serve users at scale.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (23)
avalara7
usort6
php6
symfony6
oop6
fixture6
testing6
integrate4
magento4
gatsbyjs4
commerce3
drupal3
react3
acquia2
ecommerce2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
james481/cat-trainer
Feb 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:69 commits, 6 pushes, 1 comment in 11 months
james481/jamescwatts.com
Apr 2015 - Apr 2020
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
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