James Diefenderfer
Software Principal Architect at Salesforce
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Diefenderfer is a product-focused principal architect with 11 years of experience building data-driven analytics and embedded BI at Salesforce, currently leading the Tableau Einstein effort that integrates AI-first analytics into the flow of work on the Data Cloud. He combines hands-on front-end craftsmanship—evidenced by contributions to the popular salesforce/design-system-react UI library—with deep backend and platform experience building scalable, headless rendering and high-performance embedding for CRM workflows. James has repeatedly translated research-grade analytics into polished, usable products (from Wave/Einstein Analytics to Ask Data), and has a track record of enabling cross-platform code sharing and performant declarative dashboard builders. Based in San Francisco and trained at UC Berkeley EECS, he pairs product sensibility with systems thinking to make complex data tooling feel native to end users. An understated strength is his ability to balance UX detail work (e.g., ComboBox/Spinner improvements) with large-scale architecture for enterprise analytics.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyWilson High School
Github Skills (11)
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component-kit10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
ui-components10
salesforce9
system-design9
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frontend9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
salesforce/design-system-react
Jun 2018 - Jul 2020
Salesforce Lightning Design System for React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 9 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the UI components of the Salesforce Lightning Design System for React. Their work focused on enhancing existing components like the ComboBox, Spinner, and DataTable, addressing issues such as missing keys and invalid prop types. Contributions included the addition of new features like the inline spinner and 'hasContainer' prop, as well as improving the existing ones. The user's changes were focused on functionality and styling enhancements.
reactlightning-design-systemjavascriptlightningsalesforce
jimmydief/dotfiles
Sep 2015 - May 2022
Contributions:27 pushes, 6 issues in 6 years 8 months
dotfilesholmanzsh
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