Summary
Jim Bumgardner is a Senior Full Stack Engineer with over three decades of software experience and 14 years in current roles, blending deep systems and graphics expertise with a creative practice in puzzles and music. He has led interactive and data-visualization engineering for Disney Imagineering and now drives full-stack, serverless, and monitoring work for California’s Office of Data & Innovation, including the state’s COVID-19 website. Jim’s technical range spans C++, JavaScript, Python, OpenGL/WebGL, embedded controllers, and media systems, and he repeatedly ships prototypes that bridge hardware, real-time graphics, and UX. A habitual tinkerer and puzzle constructor whose work runs in the New York Times, he brings a designer’s sensibility to robust engineering and knows how healthy teams operate.
14 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Music Composition, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Music Composition at California Institute of the Arts
George School