James Kennedy
Technical Team Lead at Liferay
Bend, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolJames Kennedy is a Technical Team Lead with eight years of experience building backend, data, and DevOps systems, currently leading engineering efforts at Liferay from Bend, Oregon. He progressed from Software Engineer to Senior Data Engineer and now leads teams, combining hands-on data engineering with platform and sales-ops integrations. Previously he led early-stage product development at bePurposeful, guiding tech choices and release operations for a React/Node/Postgres stack. Known for a pragmatic, service-oriented approach, he focuses on delivering reliable systems that enable business users while mentoring engineers and improving operational maturity. Notably, his background spans design and production roles, giving him a practical appreciation for design-to-delivery tradeoffs.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Pasadena City CollegeBachelor’s Degree Computer Science ​, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science ​ at Baskin Engineering at UCSCProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
KennedyJamesP/MILKbackend
Dec 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:21 commits in 6 months
JamesPKIV/Purposeful
Jul 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:169 commits, 56 PRs, 98 pushes in 4 months
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