Hi, I'm James Wolensky — Senior Software Engineer, Technical Leader, and Cloud Solutions Architect
I design and build scalable, resilient software systems and lead teams to deliver high-impact solutions. My expertise spans full stack development, cloud architecture, DevOps, and technical leadership. I'm passionate about driving innovation, mentoring engineers, and solving complex business challenges with technology.
San Diego, CA | (619) 483-9670
Work Experience
- Senior Software Engineer, Vermont Information Processing (Sept 2022 – Present)
- Led a team of 7 engineers to migrate legacy codebases, improving system stability and scalability (TypeScript migration and MySQL upgrade) across 10+ repositories.
- Automated deployment with Ansible, Docker, and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by 80%.
- Created dynamic preview environments for QA, reducing bug-related delays by 35%.
- Improved platform resilience with AWS, reducing downtime by 15%.
- Senior Software Engineer, Beep Auto (Sept 2021 – Sept 2022)
- Optimized self-service car buying experience, boosting site performance by 25% through React and NextJS enhancements.
- Developed custom Salesforce solutions, automating sales data processing and reducing manual work by 50%.
- Orchestrated AWS services to build highly available, scalable microservices.
- Senior Software Engineer, Personify Global (Dec 2016 – Sept 2021)
- Led a team of 10 engineers to consolidate legacy products into a unified SaaS platform, increasing user retention by 15%.
- Rewritten core mobile apps with React Native, reducing development costs by 40%.
- Spearheaded AWS integration for systems managing 1M+ users.
Skills
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- PHP
- MySQL
- HTML
- CSS
- React
- React Native
- Vue
- Node
- Terraform
- Postgres
- NoSQL
- Redis
- AWS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Ansible
- Git
- Jest
- Cypress
- Storybook
- Salesforce
- Jira
- GitHub Actions
- CI/CD
Certifications & Education
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (May 2023)
- San Diego State University – Bachelor of Science in Business Management (Aug 2010 – June 2014)