James Bognar is a software engineer and technical lead with 10+ years building developer-focused server software, currently leading Sandbox development at Salesforce. He is an expert in self-documenting REST interfaces and long-time open-source steward as Vice President and PMC Chair of Apache Juneau, which reflects his focus on automatic serialization/parsing and browser-accessible APIs. His career at IBM included ownership of core server components, REST APIs, and a widely used Juno Cloud API that replaced common JSON/XML toolchains across 30+ products. A Penn State computer engineering graduate with a perfect GPA, he combines deep systems design, hands-on implementation, and operational support experience鈥攐ften delivering fully automated release and migration solutions. Notably, he has a track record of turning POJOs into multi-format, self-describing web interfaces that make complex integrations accessible with minimal code.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, 4.0, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, 4.0 at Penn State University
Contributions:1 review, 689 commits, 7 PRs in 6 years 4 months
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James Bognar - Software Engineer Technical Lead at Salesforce