James Edwards
I’m a founding engineer at Boba, an AI-native crypto trading app, where I own the web platform and work across the backend and infrastructure.
Also building DateBot, a personalized AI decision system for dating that remembers people over time, reasons about what’s happening, and helps users decide what to do next.
Previously co-founded Fits, a fashion social media app that grew to 11K+ users, as CTO.
Work
Boba · Senior Full Stack EngineerFeb 2025 – PresentPrimary engineer on Boba's web platform, building the trading application, the internal console, and the design system they share.
DateBot2026Personalized AI decision system for dating on iOS that remembers people, tracks context over time, and gives advice based on the full situation.
A weekend project: an AI photo editing app for removing tattoos, trying new tattoos on yourself, and generating tattoo designs from an idea.
Fits · Co-Founder & CTOMay 2023 – Feb 2025A fashion social media app for sharing outfits, discovering style, and following people whose looks you liked, growing to 11K+ users.
Drip AI2024AI outfit feedback on iOS, built solo. You upload a photo of your fit and a multimodal model scores it and suggests what to change. Sunset.
Jump · Co-Founder & Software EngineerFeb 2023 – Jan 2024A gamified mobile dating app built around location-based discovery, reciprocal matching, and real-time messaging.
Pagr · Software Engineer2022Bar mobile-ordering platform. Built the iOS app, merchant app and backend.
Zalea2021Positive affirmations and self-motivation app on iOS, built with SwiftUI. Daily reminders, widgets, and affirmations users write, favorite and share.
Meetz2020Social media app for car enthusiasts to find car meets nearby.
- </>Freelance · Software Engineer2020 – 2024
Built apps and websites for clients.
Direct Motion · Software EngineerApr 2018 – Nov 2019Built a Windows collaboration app with CAD (Eyeshot, WinForms) and Android/Kotlin apps for CNC monitoring and a Material/MVVM REST client.