Jim Vallandingham
Senior Data Visualization Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJim Vallandingham is a Senior Data Visualization Engineer in Seattle with 17 years of experience building exploratory visual interfaces and data-driven products across web, mobile, embedded, and bioinformatics domains. He currently shapes data visualization at Netflix after roles at Capital Group, Zymergen, Bocoup, and Nordstrom, blending production-grade engineering with deep analytics. Jim is skilled in front-end UX for visualization (notably contributions to the popular Vega Voyager explorer), large-scale data pipelines, machine learning, and computer vision, enabling actionable insights from complex datasets. His career bridges research and product: from bioinformatics and academic programming to shipping features on consumer devices at Garmin. He frequently focuses on the intersection of polished UI and robust data processing, turning exploratory tools into reliable workflows. He holds an MS in Computer Science and has a history of shipping both prototypes and production systems that make data more discoverable.
18 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
University of KansasBachelors, Biology, Bachelors, Biology at Pittsburg State University
Github Skills (7)
html10
css10
javascript10
user-interface10
react10
angularjs8
ui-design8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
vlandham/js_data
Mar 2015 - Jan 2019
Data manipulation and processing in JavaScript
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:174 commits, 31 PRs, 146 pushes in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jim primarily worked on implementing UI components and styling for the "js_data" repository, as evidenced by the modifications to CSS files, as well as the addition of HTML and Javascript files. The user's commits show that they were working on building out various HTML pages, including "getting_started.html", "read_data.html", and "summarize_data.html". The changes made involve HTML structure, CSS styling and JavaScript functionalities.
javascriptdata-manipulationjs-data
vega/voyager
Sep 2015 - Jul 2017
Visualization Tool for Data Exploration
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:63 commits, 28 PRs, 49 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Jim primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience of the Voyager application. They implemented features such as adding a logo, rearranging header components, and modifying the visuals of the visualization list. They also worked on implementing a welcome modal and updating the styling and wording of existing components. Additionally, they incorporated Google Analytics and performed background color changes for different panels.
data-explorationvisualization
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