James Szalay
Senior Software Engineer at ngrok
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Szalay is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building scalable backend systems, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native infrastructure across startups and enterprise teams. Currently at ngrok, he has a track record of improving test automation and reducing pipeline runtimes, migrating legacy systems to Kubernetes/EKS, and managing GitLab-driven build & test fleets. He’s comfortable across languages and runtimes—Golang, Python, Node.js, Java—and has led development of serverless and RASP agent projects as well as Lambda/DynamoDB architectures for a co-founded startup. James combines hands-on implementation with operational ownership (EKS, GitLab, autoscaling Selenium grids), enabling faster delivery and higher test coverage. Based in Louisville, KY, he brings an engineer’s curiosity (self-described “ngroker/Engroker”) and a knack for turning slow, manual processes into automated, scalable workflows.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering and Computer Science at University of Louisville
Github Skills (139)
python10
testing10
coredns10
gcp10
dns10
serverless10
flask10
zappa10
dns-record10
django10
linux10
pyramid10
idris10
external-dns10
lambda10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
jtszalay/caddy-ngrok-listener
Mar 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:23 PRs, 172 pushes, 17 branches in 7 months
jtszalay/home-assistant
Jun 2016 - May 2022
:house_with_garden: Open-source home automation platform running on Python 3
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
raspberry-pipythonhousegardenmqtt
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