Hi I'm James!
A full stack web application developer and technology leader.
Based in Essex
Looking for New Opportunities
Testimonials
I've worked with some amazing people throughout my career. I'm incredibly grateful for the following recommendations.
Having employed and worked with James for the past 3.5 years I can not speak highly enough of him. His personality, quality of work, people skills and genuine care for what he does are exemplary.
He will undoubtedly be an asset to any company and I thoroughly recommend contacting him. James, it has been a pleasure working with you and I know we will stay in touch.
James W
CEO - 036 Group Company
Having worked with James Plant from both sides of the fence (Agency & In-House) I cannot recommend him enough for his technical abilities.
If you're in the market for someone with a strong technical background and aptitude at a Senior Level you should check him out!
There is no doubt that James has curated and contributed to many of our robust systems and processes within our group allowing us to grow and evolve as the group has over his time with us.
Damian D
Group Operations Director - 036 Group Company
James is excellent at what he does and he does it with complete integrity and dedication. A huge opportunity for a business to get someone that will make their business better.
Mark T
COO - Cult Furniture
Having worked Under James in one of the best positions of my life, I cannot endorse anyone more highly. He taught me a great amount of what I know, supported me and made sure the team were happy, capable, achieving and forward facing.
You'd be a fool to pass him up.
Mike A
Back End Developer
Projects
Some of the projects I've had the pleasure of being a part of during my 20 years in technology.
DRIVE
Unity Portfolio Driving Experience
Summary
a recent project to celebrate my love for gaming and my career in IT and Development. Journey through the course and learn about my career milestones at the same time.
Technologies Used
White Stores
Magento 2 Website Build
Summary
To replace a site that was built below standard with a stable platform.
Technologies Used
036
Square Space Website
Summary
To create a website in a day, managing a team of developers to quickly create a landing page for the business.
Technologies Used
NOVA Outdoor Living
Square Space Website
Summary
Another Square Space site to be turned around in short time frame, to include some additional features that required some custom development.
Technologies Used
Coder Cave
Shopify E-Commerce Website
Summary
Launching a new site for a print-on-demand focused business for a clothing brand that sells clothing and accessories targeting coders and developers.
Technologies Used
James Plant Photography
Bespoke Next.js Website
Summary
A personal project to celebrate my love for photography. Designed to be heavily animated to focus on the images and reduce the amount of text across the site.
Technologies Used
Fluffs and Files
Webflow Website
Summary
To create an online presence for a home based beauty therapist and a single source for all service prices.
Technologies Used
1st Leyton Scouts
Wordpress Website
Summary
I volunteered to help 1st leyton scouts complete their website that had been partially completed. I worked with the team to get the branding up to standard and get the site launched.
Technologies Used
James Plant
Bespoke Portfolio Website
Summary
This site! I needed to update my portfolio to include all recent projects and fully reflect where I am at with my journey with web development and technology.
Technologies Used
Achievements
In addition to all of my public projects above, I have worked on many other bespoke applications and business projects.
New Development Team
I was tasked with building out a complete development and deployment pipeline from scratch. Along with development processes and hiring developers.
A thoroughly enjoyable process that resulted in many successful projects and meeting a lot of great developers and engineers.
Shipping Calculator
Created an API that was able to calculate expected shipping costs and find the most cost effective option.
Supporting all carriers for a complex stock profile, no off the shelf solution was viable.
This saved around £1,800 for the business in shipping costs in the first week of use.
Internal Service Monitoring
Implemented a solution to monitor all internal, and some key third party, web services. Allowing the business to act immediately in the event of an outage. Reducing downtime to users significantly.
JIRA Integration
Implemented JIRA task and project management in the IT team. Allowing the business to better track and making all work visible. Integrated with their teams client and help desk software.
UI Workflow Builder
Created a bespoke drag and drop workflow builder for a bespoke in house ERP system.
All required back end services created for this and a dynamic front end that allowed some complex automations inside the system.
Secure Storage Solution
A REST API built entirely in Go that the business served as a Saas to clients. Allowed secure storage of files using AES-256 encryption, block level uploads and backups and data de-duplication to maximise storage efficiency.
NetSuite Customisations
I've been responsible for creating many NetSuite customisations, including the following:
Created a map / reduce script that checks if sales orders can be released to the warehouse system based on available customer deposits and all outstanding or partially fulfilled orders.
Created events scripts to handle more complex and rich transactional emails, including up-sells and cross-sells.
Created a script and series of searches that allowed orders to be automatically selected to be sent to our order review platform to automatically contact the customer for a public review.
Technologies
I have experience working with all the following technologies.
If a technology isn't explicitly listed here, it doesn't mean I don't work with it. There's just too much to list in a meaningful way!
Let's Talk
Let's discuss your next project! You can reach me using any of the methods below.