Jim Wallace
Owner at Extroverted Developer, LLC
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Wallace is an experienced engineering leader and founder with over 25 years of cross-industry technical depth, known for building teams, culture, and products that scale. He combines hands-on systems engineering—compilers, distributed infrastructure, and real-time risk systems—with pragmatic leadership, having driven key launches at Jet.com, DigitalOcean, and Meta. Notable technical feats include reverse-engineering Groq hardware to design a production compiler that unlocked multimillion-dollar revenue and shipping a longstanding VB.NET usability improvement at Microsoft. Jim prefers sustainable, steady-paced organizations and is exploring Director-level roles in finance, insurance, or civic tech in NYC where his blend of product intuition and low-ego problem solving can accelerate growth.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering at Syracuse University
Github Skills (56)
windows10
linux10
command-line10
netcore10
powershell10
macos10
shell10
tesla9
usb-drive8
git-commit8
armbian8
onnx7
cli7
raspberry-pi7
compiler6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
Xatter/dev-setup
Mar 2019 - May 2026
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 2 months
Xatter/mockingjay
May 2014 - May 2014
A python based simple web chat client for internal LAN use
Contributions:60 commits in 17 days
python
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