Summary
Jamie Maher is a Lead Software Engineer based in Chicago with 10 years of experience building and shipping web applications across retail and large enterprise clients. Currently leading a team at McMaster-Carr, Jamie mentors engineers while driving technical direction and reliability for high-volume sites handling millions of data points. Prior roles at Perficient involved front-end-heavy work (React, complex animations, accessibility) and full-stack projects for a major social media client, where Jamie led teams, managed client-facing deliverables, and built internal tooling for nontechnical users. He has hands-on experience piloting design patterns, SEO and performance work, and training new college graduate engineers through intensive onboarding. Jamie’s background includes early research in mobile/web interfaces and practical experience in HR tooling and global marketing sites—skills that combine user-focused UI craft with robust backend considerations. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic technical leader who balances mentorship, product sensibility, and scalable engineering.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Notre Dame