Summary
James Light is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of deep experience in site reliability, platform engineering, DevOps/DevSecOps, and developer experience, currently shaping infrastructure and tooling at KORIO in New York. He specializes in maintainability, usability, and security of cloud and on-prem platforms, with a track record of large-scale vulnerability remediation, container and IaC migrations, and developer self-service tooling. James has repeatedly led short-term transformation engagements—kickstarting IaC, migrating SDLCs to containers, and shifting departmental direction—while also shipping Go-based CLIs and automation that cut operational tasks from hours to minutes. Comfortable across AWS, Proxmox, Nomad, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible and CI systems, he blends hands-on engineering with advisory leadership for technical strategy and hiring. A CLI and colored-text enthusiast, he brings a pragmatic focus on developer ergonomics and often solves problems by simplifying tooling and workflows rather than adding layers of complexity.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Of Science Computer Science, Bachelor's Of Science Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology