Summary
Lindsay James is a seasoned software engineer with a decade of experience building full‑stack web applications, currently contributing at Affirm after progressive engineering roles at Tophatter. She specializes in JavaScript, Node, React, and Ruby on Rails, and has practical exposure to Clojure, Go, and Python—able to move between languages to solve the problem at hand. Her background as an attorney-analyst equips her with strong analytical skills, experience handling large document sets, and an ability to translate complex domain requirements into clear technical solutions. A Hack Reactor alumnus with a liberal arts foundation in anthropology and international studies, she brings curiosity and a human-centered perspective to product design and engineering trade-offs.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Software Engineering Immersive Program, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive Program at Hack Reactor
BA, Anthropology, International Studies, BA, Anthropology, International Studies at Washington University in St. Louis
J.D., Law, J.D., Law at Boston University School of Law