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James GallichioSenior Full-Stack Engineer

Building complex things quickly. Technical leader with 15+ years of experience in scalable systems, automation tools, and leading development teams.

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Featured Project

DeepLinkNow

A privacy-first deferred deep linking platform competing with giants like Branch.io and Appsflyer. Built on NextJS, leveraging Vercel's environment features.

  • Built open source SDKs for React Native, iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin)
  • App-specific landing pages and custom generation of .well-known files
  • Deferred user matching across platforms
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DeepLinkNow Dashboard

Recent Projects

Rallie

Principal App Developer

2024 - 2025

Led architecture and development of a greenfield cross-platform social sharing app for a global FMCG company.

React Native
GraphQL
AWS
TypeScript
Visit
HyperFast

Founder

2024

Founded a React Native app building community and boilerplate service to help React developers transition to React Native.

React
React Native
NodeJS
AWS
TypeScript
Visit
Mello

Principal App Engineer + Fractional CTO

2023 - 2024

Led architecture and development of a clinically-validated mental health app for young people.

React Native
Node.js
AWS
BigQuery
Data Studio
TypeScript
Visit

Tech Stack

Frontend

React Native
TypeScript
Expo
NextJS

Backend

Node.js
GraphQL
REST APIs

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS
Azure
Firebase
Supabase

Databases

Postgres
MongoDB
DynamoDB

Development Practices

CI/CD
Agile

Mobile

React Native
Swift
Kotlin

Full Experience Timeline

Founder @ DeepLinkNow
Jan 2025 - Present

Founded a privacy-first deferred deep linking platform to take on giants like Branch.io and Appsflyer.

NextJS
NodeJS
React Native
Kotlin
Swift
Principal App Developer @ Rallie
2024 - 2025

Led architecture and development of a greenfield cross-platform social sharing app for a global FMCG company.

React Native
GraphQL
AWS
TypeScript
Founder @ HyperFast
2024

Founded a React Native app building community and boilerplate service to help React developers transition to React Native.

React
React Native
NodeJS
AWS
TypeScript
Principal App Engineer + Fractional CTO @ Mello
2023 - 2024

Led architecture and development of a clinically-validated mental health app for young people.

React Native
Node.js
AWS
BigQuery
Data Studio
TypeScript
Lead App Engineer @ Thriday
2021 - 2022

Led worldwide team of app developers for a business banking platform, focusing on React Native architecture and development.

React Native
Azure microservices
TypeScript
Fractional CTO @ Orygen Digital
2020 - 2021

Led a digital transformation and strategic planning for a large-scale not-for-profit organisation, including mobile app strategy.

Tech leadership
Strategy
Lead Backend Engineer @ Goodwork
2018 - 2020

Built Node.JS microservices API on AWS Lambda with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and 100% test coverage, and developed React Native mobile app.

Node.JS
AWS Lambda
Jenkins
React Native
Senior Full-Stack Engineer @ Plattar
2017 - 2018

Augmented reality CMS platform combining development with UX and product management.

Angular
ThreeJS
PHP
Laravel
Founder @ WarmHQ
2015 - 2017

Built a platform to help startups manage their marketing outreach and track their leads, including a React Native mobile app.

Angular
Node.js
React Native
PHP
Laravel
General Assembly @ General Assembly
2014 - 2015

Helped launch GA's Melbourne campus and managed their business development and partnerships, as well as teaching web development courses.

Node.js
React

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