James Sigurðarson
Platform Group Technical Lead
Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Sigurðarson is a Platform Group Technical Lead with 13 years of experience building scalable infrastructure and reliability at Asana, where he has driven Kubernetes migrations, global topology scaling, and platform initiatives to support millions of users. He blends a strong cybersecurity background with hands-on systems engineering in Scala, Python, Go, and JavaScript, and has led multiple cross-functional teams to set technical direction and improve stability and performance. An active open-source contributor, James has enhanced projects like StackStorm and xonsh, improving Windows automation and shell I/O handling—work that demonstrates practical DevOps and cross-platform integration skills. He holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science and is based in Reykjavik, bringing a methodical, problem-solving approach informed by both security research and competitive programming experience.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
ÖlduselsskóliBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics and Computer Science at Reykjavik UniversityAssociate's degree, Computer Science, Associate's degree, Computer Science at Tækniskólinn
English, Icelandic, Danish, German, Japanese
Github Skills (29)
algorithms10
python10
scripting10
data-structure10
script10
st10
cplus10
script-engine10
command-line10
data-structures10
xonsh10
powershell10
shell10
cpp10
devops10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
SuprDewd/CompetitiveProgramming
Sep 2015 - Nov 2015
A collection of algorithms, data structures and other useful information for competitive programming.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the repository by implementing algorithms and data structures, common in competitive programming. Their work included adding a divisor sieve function, integrating normalization tests for geometry primitives, and developing supporting code in C++. Additionally, the user made modifications to a bash configuration file, indicating familiarity with system configuration. The user also refactored and organized geometry primitives and related tests, emphasizing C++ and related algorithms knowledge.
c-plus-plusalgorithms-and-data-structuresdata-algorithmscompetitive-programmingdata-structures
StackStorm/st2
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
StackStorm (aka "IFTTT for Ops") is event-driven automation for auto-remediation, incident responses, troubleshooting, deployments, and more for DevOps and SREs. Includes rules engine, workflow, 160 integration packs with 6000+ actions (see https://exchange.stackstorm.org) and ChatOps. Installer at https://docs.stackstorm.com/install/index.html
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 25 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the `st2` project by enhancing the Windows runner functionality, including updating the codebase to use the -U flag in winexe for Windows script execution. They implemented array support for PowerShell arguments and fixed various related bugs and flake8 errors. The user's work demonstrates an understanding of DevOps concepts by improving the integration and automation of Windows-based actions within the StackStorm framework. Additionally, the user resolved test-related issues in windows_runners.py.
chatopsauto-remediationpythonexchangeevent-driven
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