Michael James
Director Of Engineering at Ding
Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael James is a Director of Engineering with 11 years of hands-on experience leading web, mobile, and backend teams to deliver secure, scalable products at scale. Based in Dublin, he has progressed through engineering ranks at Ding to lead 30+ engineers while remaining technically active in frontend (.NET, React, Next), mobile (React Native), backend (Java, .NET, Node) and cloud migrations. He combines metrics-driven performance management with cross-functional partnership, translating business needs into secure, compliant architectures (PCI, WAF) and improved deployment pipelines. Michael has driven platform-wide migrations—GitHub adoption, Cloudflare integration, Bitbucket Pipelines and Gatsby Cloud—demonstrating a talent for operational reliability and edge performance. An early adopter of AI tooling, he embeds OpenAI, Copilot and automation into developer workflows and product features to accelerate delivery. Outside of operations, he mentors engineers and champions a security-first, cloud-first culture focused on measurable delivery and developer enablement.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Diploma in Science in Computing GPA (3.85), Computer Software Engineering, Higher Diploma in Science in Computing GPA (3.85), Computer Software Engineering at Dublin Business SchoolTeam Kanban Practitioner, Kanban, Team Kanban Practitioner, Kanban at Lean Kanban UniversityCCNA Certificate, Data Networking, CCNA Certificate, Data Networking at Cisco Certified Network Associate ( Routing and Switching )Bachelor's degree (GPA 3.9), Computer Science, Bachelor's degree (GPA 3.9), Computer Science at I.T.B BlanchardstownHigher Cert in Data Networking, Higher Cert in Data Networking at Killester CollegeCCENT Qualification, Wireless Networking, network administration, network theory, CCENT Qualification, Wireless Networking, network administration, network theory at Cisco Certified Network TechnicianCertificate, Computer Science, Certificate, Computer Science at Stanford University
French, IrishProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Michaelcj10/Java-UDP-File-Transfer-Made-Reliable
Feb 2016 - Dec 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
Michaelcj10/Project-X
Jan 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:139 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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