James Macmahon
Software Engineer at Oxide Computer Company
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJames Macmahon is a senior software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in backend and cloud infrastructure, currently contributing to Oxide Computer Company from Toronto. His background spans roles from software development at IBM and Primate Labs to infrastructure and technical leadership at Vena Solutions, reflecting deep expertise in building and operating scalable systems. He excels at bridging infrastructure and application layers, having moved from hands-on development into leading technical teams and production-grade cloud work. Known for steady long-tenured contributions across enterprise and startup environments, he brings practical system design insight grounded in a Computer Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BASc, Computer Engineering, BASc, Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (90)
api10
storage10
userspace10
signal-processing9
ansible9
rest9
golang9
rust9
programming-language9
python9
job-scheduling9
automation9
ssh9
openapi9
rest-api9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jmpesp/steno
Mar 2022 - Mar 2026
work-in-progress prototype distributed saga implementation
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
in-progresssagaprototypework-in-progressdistributed
jmpesp/dropshot
Nov 2021 - Nov 2025
expose REST APIs from a Rust program
Contributions:24 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years
apirustexposerestrest-apis
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