James Jermany
@jamesjermany
Hands-on Software Engineering Manager and engineer who scales platforms with Elixir, CI/CD, and automated testing.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a hands-on Software Engineering Manager with a track record of leading cross-functional teams and scaling delivery with a 100% on-time milestone rate. I architect enterprise-ready infrastructure, translate product requirements into actionable plans, and stay deeply involved in engineering decisions.
In my current role, I designed a robust CI/CD approach for a brand-agnostic Shopify theme with automated PR preview environments, pre-deployment backups, and seamless merging of core logic with brand-specific content. I also consolidated an Elixir codebase by auditing and removing 30,000+ lines to reduce maintenance costs, eliminate tech debt, and improve developer velocity.
I’ve consistently upgraded reliability and operational performance—restructuring QA by integrating Playwright testing into CI/CD, and previously guiding a move from monolith to 30+ microservices. Across backend, DevOps, and full-stack work, I’ve built and maintained systems using Elixir, Spring Boot (Java/Kotlin), Angular/TypeScript, Jenkins/OpenShift, Ansible, and observability with Elasticsearch/Kibana.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Estee Lauder
Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 5 months)
Led engineering operations, managing a cross-functional team of 11 while maintaining a 100% on-time delivery rate for project milestones. Architected Shopify infrastructure with CI/CD and PR preview environments, consolidated an Elixir codebase by removing 30,000+ lines, and integrated Playwright testing into the CI/CD pipeline to improve reliability.
Led the decomposition of a monolith into a 30+ microservice architecture to enable safer, incremental application changes. Containerized microservices using OpenShift, developed Spring Boot REST services in Java/Kotlin with MongoDB/Oracle, built Angular front-end features, automated infrastructure with Ansible, and implemented Elasticsearch/Kibana for reporting, log analysis, and predictive feedba
Built Jenkins shared libraries to reduce repetitive enterprise CI/CD work and enabled automated deployments from Jenkins. Designed automation tools for platform onboarding using Python and Django, improving turnaround time from days to seconds, and supported CI/CD and Ansible-based provisioning and server maintenance.
Reduced human error by scripting recurring tasks with Python and simplified/expanded Jenkins CI workflows. Automated AWS infrastructure stand-up via Chef, implemented MongoDB backup/restore/refresh operations, and managed web/application servers to ensure continuous service availability.
Systems Analyst
School District of Pittsburgh
Nov 2013 - Jun 2016 (2 years 7 months)
Automated FTP push/pull processes and accelerated Pennsylvania Act 80 regulation workflows from several weeks to a few days using Java and MSSQL. Worked with PeopleSoft to reduce human error, built utilities for employee salary step processing, and created SSRS reports and database functions/procedures for target GPA/stat calculations.
Built application servers using WebSphere middleware on Linux and supported resilient distributed environments using Cisco Netscaler technologies. Wrote Python and Bash scripts to improve team efficiency, troubleshot application/network issues, and collaborated with application teams to tune configuration settings for optimal performance.
Independent Contributor
Independent Contributor
Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 5 months)
Built a multi-tenant commerce platform foundation using Elixir and Tailwind CSS, improving operational performance to accelerate market launches. Mapped and consolidated legacy content templates into a unified single-source architecture to remove onboarding bottlenecks for existing sites.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Robert Morris University
Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering from Robert Morris University, graduating May 2012.
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