James Hardwick
Founder at MoltenBits
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Hardwick is a founder and full-stack software engineer with over a decade of experience building web and engineering-intelligence tools that help distributed teams move faster and more reliably. He pairs hands-on JVM and React development with pragmatic DevOps expertise—having implemented Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, and AWS workflows that turned siloed knowledge into reproducible Infrastructure as Code. Previously a CTO and senior engineer at companies including Entagen and Thomson Reuters, he has deep experience across search, big data, and enterprise Java systems. An active contributor to CI/CD tooling, he’s fixed build failures and enhanced Jenkins views to improve developer experience. Based in Minneapolis, he combines technical leadership with a math-and-software background (MS Software Engineering) and a knack for turning operational friction into automated, team-scalable solutions.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Software Engineering, Master of Science, Software Engineering at University of MinnesotaBachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics & Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Stout
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Github Skills (17)
groovy10
jenkins10
jenkins-ci10
gradlew10
gradle10
cicd9
java9
automation9
javas9
automations9
zooming6
jenkins-pipeline6
svg6
jquery6
github6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
entagen/jenkins-build-per-branch
Aug 2013 - Jun 2016
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:14 commits, 4 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:James's contributions primarily focused on improving the Jenkins build process within the repository. They addressed test failures related to Java version changes and updated dependencies, specifically the Gradle wrapper. Additionally, the user added functionality for custom regex in generated views and addressed a bug in the view configuration for a smoother Jenkins experience. These contributions are key to maintaining a functional CI/CD pipeline.
jamesdh/gorm-graphql
Dec 2020 - Jan 2021
An automatic GraphQL schema generator for GORM
Contributions:36 commits, 17 pushes, 9 branches in 1 month
golanggormgraphql-schema-generatorgraphqlgraphql-schema
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