Summary
James Lipe is a Software Development Engineer II with a decade of experience building machine learning systems, large-scale Spark ingestion pipelines, and full-stack web applications. Based in San Diego, he leverages AWS services—SageMaker, Lambda, Step Functions, and CDK—to productionize ML prototypes and optimize infrastructure for availability, reliability, and cost. He has a track record of driving measurable impact, including a 15% operational cost reduction at Heartland, and frequently partners with applied scientists to turn research into production. His background spans chemical engineering and manufacturing leadership to software engineering, giving him a pragmatic systems mindset and strong operational discipline. Always learning, he blends hands-on coding in React/Node with cloud architecture to ship reliable, scalable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 4.0 at Oregon State University
Data Analyst Nanodegree, Data Analyst Nanodegree at Udacity
Web Developer, Web Developer at CareerFoundry
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University
iOS Development Course, iOS Development Course at CodePath