James Stone
Software Engineer at MongoDB
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Stone is a software engineer based in Victoria, BC with a decade of hands-on experience building reliable back-end systems and test automation for data-intensive projects. Currently at MongoDB, he brings deep C++ and systems expertise honed through prior roles at Realm (contributing Valgrind-based memory-leak detection and robust tests for core database features), Hedgehog Medical, and startups. He has a strong focus on correctness, reliability, and CI-driven quality, demonstrated by enhancing testing infrastructure and implementing comprehensive tests for aggregation and timestamp querying in a major open-source mobile database core. Comfortable in both product and embedded contexts, James pairs pragmatic engineering with a meticulous approach to memory and data integrity. He holds a Bachelor of Software Engineering from the University of Victoria and quietly stands out for moving low-level diagnostics into everyday CI workflows to catch issues earlier.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Software Engineering, Bachelor of Software Engineering at University of Victoria
Github Skills (8)
c-language10
valgrind10
cprogramming-language10
test-automation10
testing10
performance-optimization7
database7
databases7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
realm/realm-core
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
Core database component for the Realm Mobile Database SDKs
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:4 releases, 1434 reviews, 479 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:James's contributions center on enhancing the codebase's robustness and reliability through rigorous testing and the implementation of improved testing infrastructure. They added a Valgrind test to identify memory leaks, significantly improving the project's quality by catching potential memory management issues during continuous integration. Furthermore, the user implemented and extended comprehensive tests for various features and core functionality, including negative number handling, data aggregation, and timestamp querying, indicating a strong focus on ensuring the correctness and reliability of the project's data processing capabilities.
cpprealm-mobile-databasenosql-databasemobile-databasec-plus-plus
ironage/maui-gui
Jul 2024 - Jul 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 7 days
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