James Latham

Principal Software Engineer @ Scorpion Automotive Ltd

About

IoT Enthusiast with 7+ years experience making cool things and building business value and customer confidence. Passionate about designing, developing and delivering integrated, connected solutions in the telematics industry. Knowledgable and experienced in telematics from advanced and reliable embedded firmware development to seamless platform solutions, from the ground up. Extremely experienced in scaleable AWS cloud solutions from data warehousing, to cache optimisation, to compute utilisation. I can develop apps, design database and cloud infrastructure systems to meet requirements, realise production line goals, develop front-end, back-end and middleware solutions for all business cases and tie together all goals with elegant native apps and OTA commissioning processes. Very proficient and knowledgable in/on: Embedded-C PHP Laravel NodeJS TypeScript Vue Flutter .NET AWS DevOps SQL Mongo DynamoDB Redshift MQTT CI/CD Agile Git Jira STM32 CANBus GNSS UART SPI I2C HAL BLE AWS IoT Core etc…

Country

United Kingdom

City

Manchester

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Project Planning, Java, Software Product Management, Systems Development Management, DevOps, Embedded Systems, PHP, Vue.js, Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS), STM32, C (Programming Language), .NET Framework, WebSocket, MongoDB, Software Infrastructure, Software Design, Software Development, Embedded C, Laravel, Vue

Experience

Principal Software Engineer

Scorpion Automotive Ltd

2026-1 - Present · 9 mos

Chorley, England, United Kingdom

Building a next-generation embedded firmware stack with portability and reliability at its core. Integrating closely with the software team to strengthen Scorpion's telematics infrastructure and drive the seamless adoption of new video telematics capabilities. Shaping the structure and technical direction of embedded development, with an emphasis on knowledge sharing between embedded and software disciplines. Robust & portable firmware architecture positions the company to respond to shifting technical requirements, from evolving mobile communication standards to emerging security regulations.

Director

OnPoint Systems

2024-12 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Knutsford, England, United Kingdom

Director of Software Engineering

Astra Telematics Limited

2024-11 - 2026-1 · 1 yr 3 mos

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

As Director of Software Engineering, I am responsible for all software-related products and development.

Senior Software Engineer

Astra Telematics Limited

2024-1 - 2024-11 · 11 mos

Head of all software developments. In May 2024 I have launched Astra SmartFleet. An all-in-one enterprise tracking and fleet management platform, utilising all of the latest technologies and cloud infrastructure best practices. I am wholly responsible for the entire platform and ensure the delivery of a completely seamless solution to our customers.

Software Engineer

Axscend | Fleet Technologies

2019-6 - 2023-12 · 4 yrs 7 mos

Runcorn, England, United Kingdom

At Axscend I developed a multitude of different systems. This included: Firmware Developments, Native Android & iOS apps for fleet browsing and device commissioning. In-house stock control database, SPA and sidekick apps with label printing and scanning. EOL production tools alongside firmware updates using CANBus for asynchronous EOL device functionaility testing. Complete driver management system with walkaround/pre-check app. Tyre-fitter app allowing on-site tyre fitters to find damsel assets through TrailerMaster's TPMS data.