Jim Imgrund
Sr Software Systems Engineer at Yahoo
Sterling, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolJim Imgrund is a senior software systems engineer with over two decades of experience in building and maintaining large-scale systems, currently at Yahoo after a long tenure at AOL. He blends deep operational expertise from early roles in systems engineering and administration with advanced data science training (MS, George Washington University) to solve performance and reliability challenges. Based in Sterling, VA, Jim is comfortable across infrastructure, backend systems, and production troubleshooting, with a track record of sustaining critical services through technology shifts. His career progression from PSINet to principal engineering roles reveals a pragmatic, platform-focused engineer who values robustness and measurable outcomes. Jim’s combination of hands-on systems background and recent formal data science study gives him a unique edge in applying data-driven approaches to system optimization.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
MS Information Technology, MS Information Technology at Virginia TechMaster of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at The George Washington UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Penn State UniversityBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at George Mason University
Github Skills (36)
api10
javascript9
continuous-integration9
screwdriver9
continuous-delivery9
docker8
json-editor8
kubernetes8
devops7
validation7
ember7
automation7
parser6
react-forms5
yaml5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jimgrund/DATS6450-NLP-final
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:29 commits in 1 month
jimgrund/capstone
Feb 2019 - May 2019
University Programs vs Job Market
Contributions:24 PRs, 38 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
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