Jim Campanell
Principal Software Engineer at Sierra Space
Brighton, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Campanell is a Principal Software Engineer with 30+ years of hands-on experience building robust, high-throughput systems in C++, Java, Android, and embedded Linux, now applying that expertise to flight systems and aerospace software. He blends deep systems architecture and threading/memory-management skills with pragmatic delivery—knowing when to “get it right” and when to “get it done”—across domains from set-top boxes and video conferencing to IoT, LPWAN, and blockchain controllers. Jim has repeatedly led architecture transitions from monoliths to service-oriented, message-based designs and standardized deployment pipelines for SaaS and cloud platforms. His consulting work spans secure PKI-backed authentication, optical SDN controllers (patented), and performance-sensitive telemetry/streaming systems, showcasing both security and real-time engineering chops. Based in Brighton, CO, he’s comfortable mentoring teams, consolidating silos, and jumping into early-architecture conversations, and he maintains a client-focused GitHub presence for work like CableLabs engagements. A not-obvious strength: decades of low-level C++ and embedded system design give him an uncommon ability to diagnose production performance and memory issues that higher-level engineers often miss.
9 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (13)
protobuf9
lorawan9
gateway9
protocols9
application-server9
lora9
json9
packet9
mqtt7
network-server7
iot7
provisioning6
internet-of-things3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jcampanell-cablelabs/lora-app-server
Feb 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:17 pushes, 2 branches, 8 tags in 9 months
server-applora-serverloraiotapplication-server
jcampanell-cablelabs/loraserver
Mar 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
lora-servernetwork-serverloralorawaniot
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