Jimmy Wilson
Senior Software Engineer at Boeing
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJimmy Wilson is a Senior Software Engineer and architect with a multi-decade career building high-performance, secure distributed systems for defense and aerospace customers. He combines deep C/C++ and Java expertise with hands-on database design and hardening—most recently executing 100+ STIG requirements and PGAudit integration for a PostgreSQL-backed Space Force system. Jimmy has led end-to-end efforts from real-time Battle Management services and weapon interfaces to web-based customer support tools, consistently delivering schema design, DAOs, and rigorous automated tests (85k+ SLOC of JUnit). Known for boosting performance through multithreading and systems-level refactors, he blends algorithmic thinking with pragmatic engineering, tooling, and release management. Based in Chicago, he pairs strong leadership and mentorship with a quiet penchant for rescuing legacy systems into modern, secure architectures.
5 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Seattle Pacific UniversityBS, Engineering/Physics, BS, Engineering/Physics at Northwest Nazarene University
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Github Skills (3)
nodejs9
react8
typescript8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jameswilson425/frontend-cag
Mar 2021 - Jul 2022
Front end react code for Chicago Artist Guide
Contributions:7 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year 3 months
reactartistchicagoreact-front-endfront-end
jameswilson425/jameswilson425.github.io
Sep 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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