James Wolensky

Senior Software Engineer

10+ years of experience building scalable systems and leading engineering teams

Key Accomplishments

  • Led team of 7 engineers migrating 10+ repositories, improving deployment time by 80%
  • Reduced bug-related delays by 35% through dynamic preview environments
  • Managed AWS systems for 1M+ users with focus on scalability and reliability
  • Reduced development costs by 40% through React Native mobile app consolidation
  • Increased user retention by 15% leading platform consolidation for 10-engineer team
San Diego, CA

Work Experience

  1. Senior Software Engineer

    Vermont Information Processing

    September 2022 - Present

    • Led team of 7 engineers migrating 10+ repositories to TypeScript and MySQL 8, improving deployment time by 80%
    • Reduced bug-related delays by 35% through dynamic preview environments using Docker and GitHub Actions
    • Improved platform resilience with AWS infrastructure optimization, reducing downtime by 15%
    • Automated deployment pipelines with Ansible, Docker, and GitHub Actions for 10+ production services
  2. Senior Software Engineer

    Beep Auto

    September 2021 - September 2022

    • Boosted site performance by 25% through React and Next.js optimization for self-service car buying
    • Reduced manual sales data processing by 50% with custom Salesforce integrations
    • Architected highly available microservices using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB
  3. Senior Software Engineer

    Personify Global

    December 2016 - September 2021

    • Led team of 10 engineers consolidating legacy products into unified SaaS platform, increasing retention by 15%
    • Rewrote core mobile apps with React Native, reducing development costs by 40%
    • Managed AWS systems for 1M+ users with focus on scalability and reliability

Technical Skills

JavaScriptTypeScriptReactReact NativeVueNode.jsPHPMySQLPostgreSQLNoSQLRedisAWSDockerKubernetesTerraformAnsibleGitHub ActionsJestCypressGit

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Amazon Web Services

Issued May 2023

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Let's Work Together

I'm always interested in new opportunities to solve challenging problems and build exceptional products. Whether you need a senior engineer, technical leader, or cloud architect, let's connect.