James Pinckney
Senior Software Engineer
About
Hi, I'm James. I'm a Senior Software Engineer specializing in platform engineering and distributed systems. I design and build the infrastructure and systems that engineering teams depend on, ranging from Kafka clusters to CI/CD pipelines. I'm passionate about automation, reliability, and enabling other engineers to ship faster.
Engineering Principles
- Event Driven Architecture
- Domain Driven Design
- System Design
- Test Driven Development
- Platform Engineering
Cloud
- AWS
- MongoDB Atlas
- Docker
- Kubernetes (EKS)
- OpenShift
CI/CD & Automation
- GitLab CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- Ansible
Languages
- Python
- NodeJS/Typescript
- Golang
- Shell Scripting
- Java
Observability
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK Stack
- TICK Stack
- Datadog
- Dynatrace
- Open Telemetry
Security
- Snyk SCA/SAST
- Twistlock
- Threat Modeling
- Wiz.io
Generative AI
- Prompt Engineering
- RAG
- MCP
- Agentic Orchestration
- LangChain
Experience
Travelers 2019 - Present
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Senior Software Engineer 2023 - Present
Delivery ResponsibilityProduct ManagementConfluent KafkaPlatform Engineering
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Software Engineer II 2023 - 2025
KafkaGitHub ActionsAWSOpenshiftTerraform
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Software Engineer I 2019 - 2023
DockerAnsibleMongoDB AtlasGitLab CI/CD
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Lead Systems Administrator 2018 - 2020
People ManagementLeadership PresentationsBudget Consultation
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System Administrator 2016 - 2018
DockerActive DirectoryMDT
University of Hartford 2016 - 2020
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B.S. Computer Science 2016 - 2020