James Whitehead
Director Of Engineering at Spotify
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Whitehead is a Director of Engineering with 18 years of experience leading software teams at Spotify and a DPhil in Computer Science from Oxford focused on improving internal concurrency. He blends deep research into concurrent systems with pragmatic product engineering, having progressed from hands-on software roles to senior leadership within a fast-paced streaming environment. James has a long history of practical systems work—from industrial process control and large-scale workstation deployments to consulting and authoring technical guides on scripting for extensible UIs—demonstrating comfort across embedded scripting, tooling, and infrastructure. Relocating to Stockholm, he brings a rare mix of academic rigor and production-proven delivery, with particular interest in embedded scripting for end-user configuration and real-world concurrency problems.
18 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil Computer Science, DPhil Computer Science at University of OxfordBachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Syracuse University
English, Swedish
Github Skills (68)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
loxK/android_vendor_community
Jan 2010 - Feb 2010
Contributions:53 commits in 1 month
jnwhiteh/minixfs
Sep 2010 - Apr 2014
Contributions:357 commits in 3 years 7 months
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