James Willis
Senior Software Engineer at Wherobots
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJames Willis is a Senior Software Engineer in Seattle with a decade of hands-on experience building scalable systems across startups and big tech. A Northwestern CS graduate focused on systems and AI/ML, he transitioned from full-stack and infrastructure work at Ivio to five years as an SDE at Amazon and now leads engineering efforts at Wherobots. He blends backend, DevOps, and API integration skills—having introduced Ansible and standardized server infrastructure—while keeping a product-minded approach to client-facing projects. Comfortable mentoring and running training programs, James pairs technical depth with clear communication and operational rigor. Outside work he has coached competitive climbing, reflecting a long-running commitment to team development and disciplined, practical problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Northwestern University
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (95)
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python10
spatial-query10
computational-geometry10
cluster-computing10
scale10
connected-components10
jts10
maps10
geometry10
java10
scala10
jts-topology-suite10
pathfinding10
deck-gl10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
james-willis/sedona
Jun 2024 - Mar 2025
A cluster computing framework for processing large-scale geospatial data
Contributions:2 PRs, 61 pushes, 26 branches in 10 months
james-willis/gearfinder
Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:32 PRs, 62 pushes, 17 branches in 3 months
mountainpythonflask-appflaskbuying
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