James B.

James B. has a diverse work experience spanning from 2012 to 2022. In 2012, they worked as a Facilities Assistant at Wallacespace, a Business Development Executive at Locayta, and a Media Stores Technician at the London College of Fashion. In 2015, they became a Web Developer at Reading Room, where they created and ran a regular tech knowledge share and pushed forward the use of automated testing in their builds. In 2017, they became a Web Developer at Reason Digital, primarily doing backend development and building custom solutions for third sector clients. In 2020, they joined the BBC as a Senior Data Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and Software Engineer. In this role, they built software to support the development of an experimental voice assistant, researched and implemented fine tuned BERT language models, and worked with Microsoft Cognitive Services, AWS, and Typescript on an automated system to convert text based content into audio. In 2022, they became a Senior Software Engineer at KrakenFlex (Octopus Energy Group).

James B. attended Falmouth University from 2008 to 2011, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Photography.