Kacy James
Senior Software Engineer at Student Driver
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKacy James is a Senior Software Engineer in New York with 13 years building consumer-facing mobile and web experiences, currently shaping Peloton’s product since 2020. He combines deep iOS expertise from roles at Dubsmash, Wheels Up and Flight Club with full-stack experience in Swift, React/Redux, Node.js and Django, and a history of shipping mobile-first products through his own startup, Student Driver. Kacy focuses on rich user interfaces and meaningful user experiences, often bridging physical product workflows and digital interactions for inventory, point-of-sale, and fitness applications. Known as a maker who enjoys playful details (and Cereals by Quaker), he brings entrepreneurial instincts and a curious, hands-on approach honed at the Recurse Center and across startup and agency environments.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at Hunter College
Japanese, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (120)
vapor10
server-side-swift10
markdown10
audio10
openframeworks10
marquee10
documentation10
linux9
opengl9
server-side9
uilabel9
swift9
emscripten9
computer-vision9
opencv9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
TheNorthEestern/d-a-s-h-e-s
Jan 2017 - Jan 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 41 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years
TheNorthEestern/documentation
May 2017 - Feb 2025
Documentation markdown for all Vapor packages.
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 10 months
swiftmarkdownvapor
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