Hi, I'm James Lee, a Senior Software Engineer with over 9 years of experience building scalable and secure full-stack applications. I've worked extensively across healthcare, e-commerce, and enterprise systems, leveraging cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP to deliver impactful solutions. I enjoy collaborating with teams and integrating AI-driven features to improve automation and decision-making. I’m passionate about designing robust architectures and leading technical projects that align with business goals. Mentoring junior developers and adopting best practices such as CI/CD and component-driven development are parts of my journey. When I’m not coding, I like to stay updated with evolving tech trends and explore new ways AI can enhance software development.

James Lee

Hi, I'm James Lee, a Senior Software Engineer with over 9 years of experience building scalable and secure full-stack applications. I've worked extensively across healthcare, e-commerce, and enterprise systems, leveraging cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP to deliver impactful solutions. I enjoy collaborating with teams and integrating AI-driven features to improve automation and decision-making. I’m passionate about designing robust architectures and leading technical projects that align with business goals. Mentoring junior developers and adopting best practices such as CI/CD and component-driven development are parts of my journey. When I’m not coding, I like to stay updated with evolving tech trends and explore new ways AI can enhance software development.

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Hi, I’m James Lee, a Senior Software Engineer with over 9 years of experience building scalable and secure full-stack applications. I’ve worked extensively across healthcare, e-commerce, and enterprise systems, leveraging cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP to deliver impactful solutions. I enjoy collaborating with teams and integrating AI-driven features to improve automation and decision-making.

I’m passionate about designing robust architectures and leading technical projects that align with business goals. Mentoring junior developers and adopting best practices such as CI/CD and component-driven development are parts of my journey. When I’m not coding, I like to stay updated with evolving tech trends and explore new ways AI can enhance software development.

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Language

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Telus Health
October 1, 2020 - June 24, 2024
Developed scalable healthcare microservices using NestJS and Node.js supporting over 2 million users. Designed a real-time patient engagement portal that improved appointment adherence by 25%. Ensured compliance with Canadian and U.S. healthcare regulations by implementing encryption, audit logging, and role-based access control. Migrated legacy systems to AWS ECS and Lambda reducing costs by 30% and improving deployment speed. Led secure authentication integrations using OAuth 2.0 and JWT. Built asynchronous messaging with Amazon SQS and SNS for notifications and billing. Maintained ETL pipelines processing clinical data for analytics and AI model training. Enhanced system observability reducing MTTR by 40%. Designed appointment reminder systems improving communication efficiency. Collaborated with clinicians for rule-based decision logic in patient triage and referral workflows. Partnered with AI teams to build predictive health dashboards. Created infrastructure as code using Terraf
Full Stack Engineer at Softwire
July 1, 2018 - September 30, 2020
Engineered custom enterprise solutions with NestJS and Azure Functions for scalable, event-driven architectures. Developed financial data dashboards with React and Next.js for real-time KPI tracking. Implemented Cosmos DB and MongoDB for high availability document storage achieving 99.99% uptime. Built CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps cutting release time by 50%. Integrated Azure cognitive services to automate data extraction. Containerized applications using Docker deployed on Azure Kubernetes Service. Led accessibility compliance enhancements for UK government platforms per WCAG 2.1 standards. Designed domain-driven architectures to reduce data inconsistencies by 45%.
Software Engineer at Dwellfox
July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
Developed backend for cloud-native e-learning platform using Django with features like course enrollment and user analytics. Built admin and student dashboards using Angular integrating real-time data via Firebase and WebSockets. Utilized GCP Cloud Run and Pub/Sub for event-driven asynchronous notifications and grading. Refactored Flask microservices for Workday HR system integration improving onboarding workflows. Implemented role-based permission systems increasing compliance for financial clients.
Web Developer at Mood Media
February 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017
Rebuilt legacy internal CMS with Vue.js and PHP Laravel to manage scheduling for media displays in over 100,000 retail locations. Integrated AWS S3 and CloudFront to reduce video load times by 60%. Optimized MySQL databases to enhance query performance for large-scale audio metadata. Developed REST APIs to support real-time mobile app playlist previews. Introduced automated testing and nightly builds using shell scripts and Jenkins improving deployment stability.

Education

Bachelor of Science at Heriot-Watt University
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2015

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Industry Experience

Healthcare, Software & Internet, Financial Services, Government, Media & Entertainment

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