James Wilson

Computer Science & Engineering student at Santa Clara University. Builder of large-scale systems, playful robots, and a video game with 500,000+ MAU. Passionate about infrastructure, AI, and delightful UX.

Open to SWE / infra / AI rolesGame backends & infrastructureFull‑stack product sense
[email protected] (425) 528‑6690 linkedin.com/in/jwfw github.com/sssynk
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At a glance

  • • 500k+ MAU video game (self‑hosted backend)
  • • Infra, Postgres, vector search, LLM features
  • • iOS + web UIs; fast prototyping; shipper

Experience

The Library of Aletheia · Lead Software Engineer & Co‑Founder

Remote · Jan 2024 – Present

  • • Built and scaled a video game reaching 500,000+ monthly active players.
  • • Architected and deployed self‑hosted backend infrastructure, including database optimizations, load balancing, and fault‑tolerant systems to handle high request throughput and real‑time player interactions.
  • • Implemented scalable systems that strengthened core gameplay and increased player retention by 20%.
  • • Directed technical strategy and infrastructure design for a platform supporting sustained community growth of 2,000+ users/month.

RunAnywhere LLC (YC W26) · Software Engineering Intern

Remote · Feb 2026 – Apr 2026

  • • Created optimized software for running large language models on‑device.
  • • Designed and built demos with consumer‑friendly designs to show off the custom LLM runtime.

BetterCampus LLC · Software Engineering Intern

Remote · Sep 2025 – Feb 2026

  • • Built a referrals system from scratch that integrated with the application.
  • • Designed and implemented user interfaces used by 1.5 million+ students.

Kajabi LLC · Software Engineering Intern (Returning)

Remote · Jun 2025 – Sep 2025

  • • Optimized the onboarding experience for mobile users, implementing key enhancements that directly contributed to improved user activation and conversion rates.
  • • Led data quality and integrity efforts by implementing a crucial fix to re‑identify users missing a key tracking cookie, ensuring accuracy of analytics and business intelligence reporting.

PeakMind · Full‑Stack Engineering Intern

Remote · Mar 2024 – May 2025

  • • Developed front‑end and back‑end for a gamified mental health app.
  • • Created multiple mini games in Swift to keep users engaged, leading to increased app downloads per month.

Kajabi LLC · Software Engineering Intern

Remote · Jun 2022 – Sep 2022

  • • Built a system for generating links in‑app which simplified the process for the marketing team.
  • • Worked with a customer success company to integrate their service into Kajabi, leading to improved customer retention.

Selected Projects

Robotics & LLM Research

Researching the use of robotics with LLMs under Dr. David Anastasiu at Santa Clara University.

Self‑driving ride‑on robot

Local positioning & navigation; robust embedded control.

EMG‑controlled mini robot

Steered by leg‑muscle contractions for assistive control.

Support bot & MCP server

LLM‑powered support workflow for Library of Aletheia.

Disc‑golf tracer with 3D camera

OpenCV speed & trajectory; live visualization.

Custom moderation & on‑device LLM

Custom text moderation model for 300k+ MAU game. Trained and deployed LLM on proprietary datasets; optimized for Apple devices via MLX format. Built a custom MCP server.

Achievements

Skills

Languages

PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaLuaRubyRHTML/CSSC++

Back‑end / Infra

APIsLoad balancingFault toleranceMonitoringCI/CDScaling

Front‑end

Web appsEmbedded UIsiOS UIs

Databases & AI

SQL/PostgreSQLDistributed PostgreSQLLLMsClassification modelsMCP servers

Education

Santa Clara University — B.S. Computer Science & Engineering

Santa Clara, CA · Expected Jun 2027

University of Washington — Pre‑Sciences

Seattle, WA · Sep 2023 – Jun 2025