James Slomka
Principal Developer, Manager Of Application Development
Canada
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Top SchoolJames Slomka is a Principal Developer and Manager of Application Development at SSENSE with a decade of hands-on experience building and leading engineering teams for luxury e-commerce. He currently leads the Checkout Team, focusing on delivering reliable, personalized, and frictionless purchase experiences that balance scalability with customer-centric detail. Progressing rapidly through technical lead and staff roles at SSENSE, James blends deep technical craftsmanship with people leadership to drive cross-functional delivery. His background includes data science and software development roles, giving him a strong appreciation for data-informed product decisions and technical trade-offs. Based in Canada and educated in software engineering at McGill, he favors pragmatic architecture and iterative improvement to reduce checkout friction and increase conversion. Colleagues describe him as a steady technical coach who translates complex requirements into reliable, customer-facing systems.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Software Engineering, Bachelor of Arts Software Engineering at McGill University
English
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Github Skills (15)
xcode6
ios6
gpx6
mongoose3
expressjs3
react2
nodejs2
mongodb2
boilerplate2
charts1
kubernetes1
typescript1
helm1
typeorm1
yaml1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jamesslomka/DotFiles
Nov 2019 - Sep 2022
Contributions:26 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
jamesslomka/docker-https
Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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