James Relyea
Staff Software Engineer at SurveyMonkey
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJames Relyea is a Staff Software Engineer based in Ottawa with a decade of experience building web platforms and backend services, currently contributing to SurveyMonkey's survey platform after helping evolve the GetFeedback product. He brings a broad full-stack background—Java (Struts, Hibernate, ATG), PHP, JavaScript, and multiple RDBMSs—paired with practical server administration skills that help bridge development and operations. His career includes senior roles at Zifiniti and Thinkwrap Commerce, where he delivered commercial and consulting solutions for small and mid-sized businesses. Known for translating business requirements into maintainable systems, he favors pragmatic, data-driven designs that reduce operational friction. An honours Computer Science graduate from Carleton University, he blends academic grounding with steady hands-on delivery across the stack.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelor, Computer Science, Honours Bachelor, Computer Science at Carleton University
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Github Skills (47)
aws-lambda10
aws-apigateway10
aws10
api-gateway10
serverless10
parser8
loopback8
feed8
push-notifications8
atom-feed8
golang8
react-native7
rss7
programming-language7
ios7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
james-relyea/serverless-offline
Mar 2019 - Jan 2022
Emulate AWS λ and API Gateway locally when developing your Serverless project
Contributions:9 pushes in 2 years 10 months
api-gatewayapidevelopingserverlessaws-lambda
james-relyea/dresh
Feb 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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