James Testa
Senior Software Development Engineer at Akamai Technologies
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolJames Testa is a Senior Software Development Engineer with eight years of experience building reliable systems at Akamai Technologies, where he progressed from SQA intern to senior engineer. Based in Greater Boston, he holds both a BS and an MS in Computer Science from UMass Lowell and brings a practical engineering mindset shaped by diverse roles from robotics software at Symbotic to facilities and teaching positions. His background as a basketball official and camp counselor highlights strong decision-making, clear communication, and the ability to defuse high-pressure situations—skills he applies to cross-team collaboration and incident response. James combines hands-on coding experience with a focus on quality and operational reliability, consistently delivering production-ready software in large-scale environments.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
UMass LowellNorth Andover High School
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Github Skills (8)
xcode6
ui-automation6
expect6
bash6
android6
iphone6
ruby6
ruby-on-rails6
Github contributions (4)
jamestesta35/Regular-Expression-to-DFA
Mar 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:36 commits, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
SamChambers/MentorAppProject
Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
Contributions:36 pushes, 2 issues in 1 month
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