Jim Shuma is an experienced software engineer and engineering leader with over 16 years delivering high-impact systems at Apple, Google, Verily, Meta, and Wing. He blends hands-on coding in C++, Java, and Objective-C with deep system design, shipping products from iPad Photos and Google Maps AR to surgical robotics and drone geospatial infrastructure. Jim is skilled at building high-performance teams, mentoring cross-functional talent, and translating research prototypes into production ML and data-centric systems for monetization and mapping. His career shows a rare generalist breadth—graphics, mobile, AR, NLP, ML, and regulated medical devices—combined with a track record of driving autonomous data pipelines and real-world installations. Based in Los Gatos, he thrives on tackling ambiguous requirements and turning them into reliable, scalable products under aggressive timelines.
16 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. Computer Engineering, M.S. Computer Engineering at University of Florida
A tool to translate Bible stories into your own language
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