James O'halloran
Senior Software Engineer at Iron Fox Games
Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJames O'halloran is a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building full-stack web applications, developer tooling, and games, now focused on scalable product delivery at Brilliant.org. He has led engineering teams and rebuilt web stacks to improve performance by an order of magnitude, and has designed SaaS content APIs and enterprise features like SSO and audit logging. James combines frontend UX sensibilities—contributing to open-source projects like TinaCMS with visual editing and form-builder work—with backend expertise in Node.js, GraphQL, AWS and DynamoDB. He has shipped web games played by millions and independently developed and sold a Steam title, demonstrating both technical depth and entrepreneurial grit. Based in Canada, he mentors teams and consistently turns complex requirements into polished, user-facing products. Notably, his open-source contributions include frontend hooks and UX-focused components that improve live-editing workflows in popular CMS tooling.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at University of Prince Edward Island
English, French
Github Skills (18)
content-management-system10
cms10
javascript10
typescript10
nextjs10
tinacms10
content-management10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
form-builder9
wpgraphql9
tailwindcss9
wordpress-graphql9
mdx9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
tinacms/tina-cloud-starter
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
Next.js starter for TinaCMS: live edit your website visually 🪄
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:38 reviews, 119 commits, 71 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the frontend development of the TinaCMS starter project, implementing features and improving the user experience. They introduced a hook for using TinaCMS features and refactored the icon components for improved styling and theming. Additionally, the user implemented environment variable toggles for the edit button and updated the application's core files. Further work included fixing type errors and updating GraphQL fragment queries.
next-jsreacttailwindcsstinacmsvercel
tinacms/tinacms
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
A fully open-source headless CMS that supports Markdown and Visual Editing
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:270 reviews, 721 commits, 273 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:James contributed to the development of a headless CMS, focusing on both front-end and back-end aspects. Their work included implementing a CMS frame for visual editing and a form builder using React and final-form. Furthermore, the user integrated an image upload component, suggesting a focus on the UI and user experience for content management.
cmsreactforestrytinacmstina
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