James Cammarano
Software Engineer at Directus CMS
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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RockstarJames Cammarano is a Boston-based software engineer with five years of experience building full-stack web applications and contributing to well-known open-source projects like Directus. He specializes in TypeScript and Node.js while retaining strong foundations in Ruby and Python, valuing planning, testing, and type-driven organization to produce maintainable systems. James has shipped both backend migrations and API work as well as frontend UI components, demonstrating a comprehensive grasp of application architecture. He thrives in collaborative, agile teams and also succeeds as an independent developer, drawing on earlier disciplined training in design patterns and TDD. Outside of code he’s a self-described plant dad and music nerd—traits that hint at a patient, detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
5 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (18)
javascript10
typescript10
vue10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
api-design9
cms9
apim9
databases9
headless-cms9
api9
nodejs9
database9
nodes9
graphql8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
directus/directus
Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:42 reviews, 130 commits, 84 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:James made significant contributions to the Directus project, focusing on both backend and frontend development. Their work included implementing database migration and seeding scripts, creating and modifying API endpoints related to item management, and developing UI components, such as the translations interface and a rich text editor. They also worked on various bug fixes and optimizations across different parts of the application. These changes show a comprehensive understanding of the project's architecture.
cmsno-codecollaborationintuitivevue
jaycammarano/encryptjs-frontend
Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:48 PRs, 87 pushes, 24 branches in 3 months
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