James Thomason, Jr

Full Stack Software Engineer

About

Front-End Development

Building web apps with TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML and CSS
Experience with vanilla JavaScript and frameworks including Angular, React, and Ember
Compliance with UI accessibility standards
Tested with Storybook, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright

Backend Development

PSR-compliant PHP using the Symfony framework
NodeJS applications with Express, WebKit, and Jest
Java with Spring, Hibernate, JUnit and Mockito
SQL Experience with Postgres and MySQL, with and without ORMs

Cloud & DevOps

Applications using AWS Lambda, Step Functions, and EC2
Infrastructure As Code experience using Terraform and CloudFormation
CI/CD workflows with Bamboo, CircleCI, and GitHub Actions

Summary

I am a Full-Stack Software Engineer who is passionate about engineering, architecture, and tooling. I am looking to fill a T-Shaped position in a team that solves interesting and challenging problems with innovative technology.

Experience

ActiveCampaign

12/2021 - Present

Senior Software Engineer

Improved reliability of customer experience automation functionality

Wrote command line application for seeding data to local development in order to facilitate bug reproduction
Paired with junior developers to introduce them to coding basics and best practices

Vanguard

03/2020 - 12/2021

Cloud Engineering Chapter Lead

Migrating enterprise security gates and CI/CD workflows from BitBucket and Bamboo to GitHub

Maintaining existing CI/CD pipeline to improve developer experience during transition
Participating in rework of team structure and introduction of development chapters
Holding weekly one on ones with reports to build a rapport with them and continually support their growth
Discussing best practices and upcoming programming trends with chapter to foster a learning environment

Quicken Loans

09/2017 - 03/2020

Software Engineer

Developed internal deployment orchestration tool using PHP and maintained enterprise CI solution

Created and maintained repository of development tools and scripts to improve developer experience
Participated in RFCs and audits to determine viability of various enterprise tools
Mentored junior engineers on PHP best practices, object oriented code, agile methodologies, and pair programming

magicJack

08/2016 - 09/2017

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Developed customer portal and order processing engine using AngularJS, Spring, and MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Designed and implemented new API architecture to modernize internal services
Engineered a custom library to facilitate migration from monolith to microservices

Bank of America

08/2015 - 08/2016

Software Engineer

Developed responsive web application for enterprise compliance testing, reporting, and monitoring using AngularJS and Spring

Maintained blog posts to share knowledge and foster open communication and technology discussions
Developed widely-adopted internal libraries for data grids, state history, and loading animations

Quicken Loans

05/2014 - 08/2015

Software Developer

Developed responsive mortgage services platform built with AngularJS, Silex, ASP.NET, SQL, and Redis, while maintaining legacy application

Created and maintained a Vagrant box to provide a reproducible development environment and streamline onboarding
Mentored an engineering intern on PHP best practices, object oriented code, agile methodologies, and pair programming