James Wake
Principal Software Architect at Advantage Group International
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJames Wake is a Principal Software Architect with 11 years of experience building scalable data platforms, cloud-native services, and AI-driven operational tooling. He began in IBM's Db2 kernel team, moved into ML for log analysis and Watson AIOps, and later led the transformation of Q4’s data platform from a few models to a fully orchestrated, cost-efficient system. James combines low-level systems expertise (C/C++) with modern full-stack and cloud skills (Node, React, Snowflake, Airflow, AWS) and a practical focus on CI/CD and operator-based deployments. He now leads modernization and AI integration efforts at Advantage Group International, mentoring teams while architecting sustainable SaaS platforms. Known for shipping production-ready ML and orchestration solutions, he has a knack for turning research prototypes into reliable products. Based in Toronto, he blends enterprise-grade rigor with a curiosity for the latest LLM capabilities.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (HBSc) Honors Specialization in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (HBSc) Honors Specialization in Computer Science at Western University
Github Skills (38)
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python6
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Sparkx120/Raytracer
Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:40 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 2 months
Sparkx120/raytracer-js
Jul 2015 - Jun 2022
Contributions:41 commits, 35 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years
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