Jamey Nakama
Senior Software Engineer - Dev Lead at O'Reilly Media
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJamey Nakama is a Senior Software Engineer and dev lead based in Portland with 14 years of experience building full-stack web products, currently leading a small team at O'Reilly Media. He blends pragmatic engineering with a designer’s sensibility—shipping React frontends and Django backends tied together via Docker, Kubernetes, and CI pipelines while owning multiple platform products. His background spans Android, ops, and backend work, plus hands-on dev-ops at companies like Dark Horse Comics, giving him uncommon fluency across frontend, backend, and infrastructure. A former writer and game developer, he brings strong communication and product-thinking to technical leadership, mentoring engineers and serving as the public face of his team. His motto, “Just Do Stuff,” reflects a bias toward shipping practical, elegant solutions rather than overengineering.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Writing, Poetry, Religious Studies, Bachelor of Arts, Writing, Poetry, Religious Studies at Ithaca College
English
Github Skills (135)
python10
gif-animation10
animated10
xss10
cpp10
animation10
aseprite10
mathml10
draw10
pixel10
collections10
sprite10
pixel-art10
gif10
spritesheet10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jameydeorio/RandSense
Feb 2012 - Jul 2012
Contributions:29 commits in 4 months
jameynakama/reallylonglink
Oct 2015 - Jun 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 8 months
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