James Gilmore
Staff Software Engineer at Intuit
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Gilmore is a Staff Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building low-latency, highly scalable web services and distributed systems, currently driving production reliability at Intuit from Calgary. He has a strong track record across cloud-scale platforms—most notably EC2 at AWS—and product-focused roles at Amazon, Goodreads, and Pronto, blending deep systems engineering with customer-driven product ownership. As founder of Parallel City Code and Creative he pairs hands-on engineering with consulting and small-business leadership, delivering end-to-end solutions and robust monitoring practices. James emphasizes testing, observability, and operational excellence to minimize latency and maximize business value. He holds dual degrees in Economics and Computer Science from the University of Calgary, bringing a pragmatic mix of technical rigor and business context to engineering decisions. Colleagues would note his habit of owning features from design through live monitoring, often surfacing subtle performance improvements that customers notice but competitors miss.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Economics, B.A., Economics at University of Calgary
English
Github Skills (39)
javascript10
python10
java10
creative-commons10
cpp10
questions-and-answers10
transcription9
speech-to-text8
cli8
api8
sdk8
restful-api7
api-client7
csharp7
generator7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jrg1381/smrtapi.net
Jan 2018 - Oct 2019
C# client for Speechmatics real time API
Contributions:22 commits, 13 PRs, 98 pushes in 1 year 8 months
csharp
jrg1381/sm_asr_console
Oct 2018 - Jul 2019
Management console app for Speechmatics ASR appliance
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 9 months
asr
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