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James Law

Engineering Manager

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About Me

A responsible and well-motivated individual who takes great pride in his work. A person who likes to learn through self-exploration and enjoys new challenges. Able to work under pressure to meet deadline.

Work Experience

Engineering Manager - Borong (formerly known as Dropee) (2022 - Present)

  • Led the technical strategy for core web platforms and microservices, ensuring seamless integration with complex third-party ecosystem APIs.
  • Mentored and coached a cross-functional engineering team, conducting regular code reviews and providing architectural guidance to elevate the team’s technical standards.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers and UI/UX designers to prioritize feature releases and manage resource planning, ensuring technical output aligns with user-centric goals and business objectives.
  • Championed technical excellence by establishing comprehensive documentation standards for system architecture, APIs, and internal workflows.
  • Architected multi-cloud environments across AWS, AlibabaCloud, and DigitalOcean.
  • Streamlined server operations and deployments by leveraging RunCloud to manage PHP stacks and cloud instances efficiently.
  • Conduct regular performance reviews for the engineering team, providing actionable feedback to support career growth and technical skill development.
  • Orchestrate the full sprint lifecycle using Lark, implementing custom automation to streamline task assignments and project tracking
  • Monitor and analyze team performance metrics across every sprint, identifying bottlenecks to continuously improve velocity and output.
  • Standardized local-to-production parity using LXD & LXC, ensuring consistent network routing and service dependency management.

Full Stack Developer - MilkADeal Sdn. Bhd. (2019 - 2021)

  • Led the full-stack architectural overhaul of the company website, migrating from legacy Yii 2 to a modern Laravel and Vue.js framework.
  • Decoupled system architecture into a scalable three-tier model (Web, API, and Database layers), significantly improving security and maintenance workflows.
  • Optimized web performance and storage scalability by migrating legacy image assets to AWS S3 and refactoring the application to serve content via S3.
  • Orchestrated cloud migration to AWS, configuring Load Balancers to optimize traffic distribution and ensure high availability.
  • Engineered data redundancy by implementing MySQL Master-Slave replication, providing a robust failover and backup strategy.
  • Managed 3rd-party integrations, successfully connecting external APIs to expand the platform's core functionality.
  • Audited and enhanced outsourced projects, performing code reviews and technical updates to ensure external deliverables met internal quality standards.

Payment Gateway and Connectivity (PHP Developer, Lead) - M-Mode Berhad (2014 - 2019)

  • Architected and maintained server environments using AWS, Linux, LXC, and Nginx, including full setup and configuration of PHP-based stacks.
  • Optimized network performance and security by implementing iptables, Loadbalancers, and TINC (VPN), ensuring high availability for hosted applications.
  • Developed web applications using pure PHP, Laravel framework & CodeIgniter framework.
  • Managed complex data ecosystems across various database technologies including Percona MySQL, MariaDB, MSSQL, Redis, and SSDB.
  • Modernized legacy infrastructure by successfully migrating VB.NET and ASP.NET systems over to PHP, improving system performance and long-term support.
  • Integrated diverse 3rd party payment APIs, ensuring secure and seamless transaction flows for end-users.
  • Automated system monitoring by developing custom notification alerts via Telegram, Discord, and Signal to ensure rapid response to server events.
  • Streamlined email operations by configuring Postfix/Dovecot servers and executing complex Gmail migrations using Imapsync.