James Makela
Project Information Analyst 1
Renton, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Makela is a seasoned software engineer with over two decades of multi-platform experience and 12 years in focused professional roles, currently designing next-generation oil spill modeling systems at NOAA. He combines deep systems-level C/C++ and Python expertise with server-side web frameworks (Pyramid, Django, SQLAlchemy) and practical UI work using JavaScript and jQuery. His background includes mission-critical projects from AFIS biometric systems and FBI fingerprint conversion to enterprise search and e-commerce services, reflecting a strong blend of algorithm design, backend services, and database schema work. At NOAA he translates domain expert feedback into oil weathering algorithms and integrates them into GNOME and ADIOS, showing an uncommon mix of domain modeling and web engineering. Comfortable as a liaison to offshore teams, he has repeatedly taken lead developer roles and owned search, middle-tier, and data-migration components. Based in Renton, WA, he pairs pragmatic engineering with long-term system stewardship across government and enterprise domains.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BSEET, Electronics, Physics, Business, BSEET, Electronics, Physics, Business at DeVry University
Github Skills (32)
kivy10
noaa10
matplotlib9
qt9
ios9
python9
forge9
linux9
windows9
ui-framework9
android9
gtk9
modeling9
macos9
data-visualization8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JamesMakela/OpenGLDemos
Feb 2017 - Mar 2020
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
JamesMakela/OilDatabase
Feb 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch, 5 comments in 5 months
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