Summary
James Hochadel is a pragmatic software engineer with 10 years of experience building production systems, currently contributing to Technology Transformation Services after a senior engineering role at StormForge. He specializes in cloud-native SaaS infrastructure, Kubernetes operator development in Go, and automating CI/CD for continuous deployments. Beyond coding, James has served as project manager for multiple teams, led hiring and onboarding, and represented products at events like KubeCon. He brings a customer-focused mindset from roles spanning manufacturing data systems to developer tooling, translating complex technical ideas into clear product value. Based in Virginia but open to Boston/Cambridge opportunities, he emphasizes remote-first communication, documentation, and inclusive team culture. An early background in web design and Microsoft internships gives him a practical blend of front-end sensibility and backend operations experience.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University