James Samuel
Engineering Manager
Reddit
James has spent the last 13 years building software across 2 continents. Early in his career, he focused on building backend systems across different industries, ranging from Fintech, Edtech, and Proptech. He then moved into management, leading engineering teams at TIER, where he was exposed to the challenges of building high-performing software teams in an organization in hyper-growth phase. Later, he moved on to Reddit to build the world's largest community platform. He is also a co-organizer of the @AWS UserGroup Berlin Meetup. James is passionate about empowering engineers and tech leaders through his blog, talks, and monthly newsletter. He has spoken at different conferences, including Leaddev, StretchConf, World Developer Conference, and more.