James Idemoto
Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolJames Idemoto is a Senior Software Engineer based in San Jose with 11+ years of experience building backend architectures and REST APIs using JVM languages for Kubernetes and AWS environments. He blends hands-on backend development with platform-level leadership—most recently shaping streaming platforms at Atlassian after leading platform engineering at Ripcord—and has a strong background in databases, distributed systems, and CI/CD. With an MS in Cybersecurity from Georgia Tech, he brings a security-first mindset to design and implementation, and has recent DevOps experience driving organizational transformation. Beyond code, he applies disciplined project management from his NASA-related work and personal leadership formed as an Eagle Scout and team captain, making him equally comfortable architecting systems and mentoring teams.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
San José State UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Cybersecurity, Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity at Georgia Institute of Technology
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
jidemoto/jidemoto.github.io
Jul 2015 - Jul 2025
Contributions:18 pushes, 3 branches in 10 years 1 month
jidemoto/Hockey-Schedule-Sync
Jan 2015 - Jun 2021
Contributions:28 commits, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 5 months
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