About

Barnaby James is a seasoned Senior Principal Engineer at Amazon with over 31 years of relevant experience in the tech industry. He is a GoogleX Project Founder and CTO for Tidal, with expertise in underwater robotics and computer vision, applying machine learning and perception to real-world problems, and rapid prototyping from scratch. Barnaby has an extensive track record of starting projects from zero without supervision or direction. He has worked with Google X, Web Search, Google Apps, and Google Assistant, where he has 46 issued patents in computer vision, machine learning, voice interfaces, and robotics. As a Senior Engineering Management at Alphabet, Barnaby has built teams from scratch with intention, managed large organizations of up to 40 people, conducted 1000+ interviews across Alphabet, and served on the Google New Grad Hiring Committee for six years. He has also served on the SWE, Roboticist, and Director Promotion committees for Google, X, and Loon, and has been responsible for machine resource planning for X. Barnaby is an expert advisor to startups outside Alphabet, bringing his wealth of experience to bear on their projects. In his current role at Amazon, he is working on Amazon Scout - Delivery Robotics, where he is applying his expertise in computer vision, machine learning, and perception to develop innovative solutions for real-world problems. Barnaby has worked with several other companies, including x the moonshot factory, where he was the Founder and Tech Lead for Tidal, working on underwater robotics and machine perception, and remote operation of industrial IoT devices, among other projects. He was also the Tech Lead Manager for Google, managing a team of 40 engineers across various projects on Google Assistant, including founding and managing Actions on Google, Home Automation, and IFTTT integration, among others. Barnaby's tech stack includes computer vision, senior software engineering, machine learning, software engineering, search, web, AI, Android, integration, and infra. His wealth of experience and expertise make him a valuable asset to any team working on complex tech projects.