JAMES RITCHIE

Founder at Trigger.dev

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Updated: Dec 18, 2025 ·

About

I'm co-founder and frontend engineer of Trigger.dev, a developer tool for creating background jobs in code. Previously I was a product lead at a number of VC backed startups. I also built JSON Hero, another popular OSS developer tool.

Recent News & Mentions

Apr 1, 2023FundingTrigger.dev - Seed Feb 23, 2023Product Launch✨ Trigger.dev: The developer-first open source Zapier alternative Nov 22, 2022Product Launch🦸 API Hero: make every API you use faster and more reliable with one line of code

Experience

FounderFounderCurrent

Trigger.dev

Present - Present

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James Ritchie co-founded Trigger.dev.