Andrew James
Senior Software Engineer at WakeCap
Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew James is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in front-end development and delivering polished, user-focused web applications across startups and large enterprises. Currently at WakeCap after senior roles at Chewy, Happy Money, and Verizon, he blends practical product delivery with deep UI problem solving—evidenced by contributions to the open-source blocks/blocks JSX page builder where he added and tested Babel plugins and fixed UX issues. A former US Army combat engineer turned developer, he brings disciplined collaboration, mentorship, and a learning mindset to teams. Outside work he volunteers with Vets Who Code, mentoring veterans and military spouses into tech, reflecting his commitment to using engineering for social good.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Business Management Marketing and Related Support Services, Bachelor's degree Business Management Marketing and Related Support Services at University of PhoenixFrontend Engeneering, Frontend Engeneering at Turing School of Software & Design
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Github Skills (9)
babel610
babeljs10
javascript10
react10
jsx10
babel-core10
testing10
mdx9
wysiwyg8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
blocks/blocks
Dec 2019 - Mar 2020
A JSX-based page builder for creating beautiful websites without writing code
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 20 PRs, 6 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the project by adding and testing various Babel plugins within the `blocks/blocks` repository, which is a JSX-based page builder. Their work involved creating tests for multiple plugins, including those related to drag-and-drop functionality, block imports, and element tree generation. They also addressed specific UI issues by adding a white background to active tabs to resolve content visibility problems and fixing a null value.
reactlowcodevisual-editorwysiwygjavascript
andrew-t-james/ds-algrms
Sep 2019 - Aug 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 158 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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