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Eric James

@ericjames

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Senior Staff Engineer and Data Engineer focused on reliable systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles focused on building reliable, scalable cloud-native data and API platforms, mentoring teams, and driving technical initiatives in collaborative, outcome-driven environments.

I am a Senior Staff Engineer and Data Engineer with 13 years of experience building distributed, fault-tolerant infrastructure and high-performance APIs across industries including social media, finance, insurance, retail, and healthcare.

I specialize in cloud-native architectures, serverless systems, and data engineering using Python, Java, PySpark, and modern data warehouses, and I have driven migrations from monoliths to microservices while improving performance and reducing costs.

I have led cross-team technical initiatives, mentored engineers, and championed CI/CD, observability, and test-driven development to increase reliability, deployment speed, and uptime.

My recent accomplishments include architecting scalable serverless APIs, integrating OpenAI models into production workflows, designing ETL pipelines processing terabytes daily, and delivering interactive dashboards and automated data platform solutions that improved decision-making and operational efficiency.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Staff Engineer

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Syberry

Apr 2025 - Present (6 months)

Architected and deployed scalable serverless APIs and microservices on AWS, improving backend throughput by 40% and reducing deployment time by 30%; designed ETL and data warehouse solutions that increased ingestion efficiency by 50% and enabled advanced analytics.

Python AWS Lambda API Gateway Pyspark Snowflake Docker Kubernetes CI CD Streamlit Redshift

Database Engineer, Staff Engineer

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Texas Christian University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2008 - 2012

Completed a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at Texas Christian University from 2008 to 2012, focusing on core computing principles and software development.