James Alain Dantes
Expert Software Engineer @ Finastra Open to opportunities

James Alain Dantes

Engineered for Stability.

11+ years of architecting scalable enterprise solutions, managing critical escalations, and leading cross-functional teams. Currently an Expert Software Engineer at Finastra, bridging the gap between complex banking cores and flawless user experiences.

500k+

Data records migrated with zero downtime

4–6

Critical production escalations resolved daily

+25%

Revenue uplift via on-prem to SaaS transition

Experience

Finastra

Current

Expert Software Engineer

Sole escalation gatekeeper for core banking systems. Managing 4–6 critical production incidents daily across Fusion Cloud, ISO20022, and complex core banking integrations.

ClinicDev

Lead Developer

Architected multiple enterprise projects across the healthcare stack. Managed major system and security upgrades while leading development teams end-to-end.

SEVENROOMS

Full-Stack Developer

Engineered complex Python data migration pipelines for 40+ restaurant clients. Orchestrated 500k+ reservation records with zero downtime on a high-traffic platform.

Moreton Hire / SHORE Solutions

Full-Stack Developer

Built event management and resource allocation systems for global-scale events including the Olympics and Commonwealth Games.

JeonSoft

R&D Manager

Spearheaded the end-to-end design, logic, and SaaS transition of Payroll.PH — a flagship payroll platform still widely used today — boosting company revenue by 25%.

Featured Projects

Selected work from enterprise and open-source engagements.

Olympics & Commonwealth Games

Event Management & Resource Allocation System

A full-stack platform enabling event coordinators to procure stands, marquees, and large-scale inventory for global events — handling the complexity and volume of the Olympics and Commonwealth Games end-to-end.

Ruby on Rails Logistics Architecture Full-Stack
Still live & widely used

Online Payroll Processing System

Spearheaded the end-to-end design, UX, and backend logic of an enterprise payroll platform — from initial architecture through to launch. Led the transition to a SaaS model that drove a 25% revenue boost. The system remains a flagship product to this day.

SaaS Architecture UI/Logic Design Ruby on Rails
Featured Project Open Source

Ledgerly

ledgerly.soranlabs.org

A comprehensive, open-source budget management app tracking expenses, bills, savings, investments, and net worth. Features a collaborative Family Mode that lets multiple users encode and track shared household finances together in real time.

Next.JS Supabase Open Source FinTech
Creator & Maintainer Open Source

ActionPrompter

rubygems.org/gems/action_prompter

A native Rails framework for orchestrating LLM interactions — bridging Large Language Models and the Rails ecosystem. Adopts the familiar ActionMailer pattern so developers can extract prompts into dedicated classes with ERB views, eliminating brittle, scattered AI integrations across controllers and models.

Key Features

  • Convention over configuration — generates app/prompts/ & ERB templates
  • Pluggable adapter pattern — swap LLM providers without rewriting app logic
  • Built-in Rails generator: rails g action_prompter
Ruby Ruby on Rails LLM APIs Gemini OpenAI Anthropic