Summary
James Mcnamee is a Principal DevOps Engineer based in Mountain View with 13 years of experience building and operating large-scale web and cloud systems. He began as a front-end specialist—leading UI teams and shipping cross-device streaming players and SDKs—and has since expanded into cloud and DevOps leadership at NVIDIA. Deeply experienced in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React, RxJS and frontend tooling, he also brings practical knowledge of API design, TDD/BDD and legacy platforms like ActionScript. Colleagues rely on him for mentoring, developing robust pipelines, and translating complex customer requirements into production-ready features. A pragmatic architect who pairs hands-on coding with delivery ownership, he often bridges gaps between QA, external integrators and engineering teams. Unusually for a principal-level cloud engineer, he still contributes directly to client-side code and developer tooling.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Software Engineering at Deakin University
Computing and Multimedia, Computing and Multimedia at University of South Australia
Advanced Diploma of Multimedia, Advanced Diploma of Multimedia at Swinburne University of Technology
English, Japanese