James Brumond
Lead Software Engineer at Nike
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Brumond is a Lead Software Engineer in Portland, Oregon with 15 years of experience building web and developer-facing tools and leading engineering teams at Nike. He blends hands-on full-stack development with practical leadership, shipping UI polish (notably TypeScript editor plugin enhancements) and backend reliability (PHP Git library improvements and tests). As an owner of a small engineering shop earlier in his career, he brings entrepreneurial problem-solving and a bias for ownership to large-scale product teams. Active in open source, he curates and expands JavaScript micro-library catalogs and contributes cross-cutting improvements that make developer workflows smoother. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture, thoughtful refactors, and steady mentorship.
16 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Clark College
English
Stackoverflow
1,254reputation
152kreached
18answers
6questions
Github Skills (20)
git10
javascript10
css10
typescript10
ui-design10
uid10
php10
micro10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
html10
typescripts10
sublime-text-plugin10
testing9
api-design7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
kbjr/Git.php
Jul 2010 - Apr 2021
A PHP git library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:53 commits, 14 PRs, 18 pushes in 10 years 11 months
Contributions summary:James contributed to a PHP Git library by fixing indentation issues and making code reformatting changes. They initiated the creation of a test suite and implemented several test cases to validate the functionality of the library, including testing Git creation, opening repositories, and utilizing various Git methods. The user also added and enhanced methods for Git operations like merging, fetching, and handling tags, along with other utilities. They also made code improvements by fixing bugs related to Git repository operations.
php
microsoft/TypeScript-Sublime-Plugin
Mar 2019 - May 2019
IO wrapper around TypeScript language services, allowing for easy consumption by editor plugins
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 1 PR, 14 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the UI of the TypeScript Sublime plugin. Their work focused on enhancing the signature and quick info popups by adding styling options such as colors for different elements, implementing keyword highlighting, and incorporating theme-specific styling. They also refactored code to improve the formatting and maintainability of the popup displays, and pulled in typing data for quick info popups.
typescript
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