James Koval

Staff Fullstack Engineer

Portland, OR
(424)-242-4133

Education

B.S. Computer Science

Principia College

Sept 2007 - June 2011

Skills

Javascript ReactJS PostgreSQL Rails Typescript GraphQL Linux Docker Python Java NodeJS C++

Experience

Staff Fullstack Engineer

Orthini

March 2025 - Present

  • Researched and prototyped a 3rd iteration wearable device for physical therapy.

Senior Fullstack Engineer

Aurora Solar

April 2020 - Jan 2025

  • Architected & built significant features in solar roof design suite.
  • Launched & maintained new contractor dashboard & interface while preserving customer privacy.
  • Redesigned & migrated data structures & shared features between old & new sites.

Senior Fullstack Engineer Contractor

Federal HUD

May 2019 - April 2020

  • Automated user data sync SQL-AD-LDAP, and built task automation in NodeJS.

Senior Fullstack Engineer

Amazon

May 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Built & launched Amazon Prime Photos from the ground up using Java/ReactJS/AWS.
  • Investigated & resolved critical security emergency with federal involvement.

Senior Fullstack Engineer

Twitter

June 2012 - Nov 2015

  • Built web app to crowdsource translations, using Rails/Boostrap/PostgreSQL.
  • Primary open source maintainer for "twitter-text" on github, built systems to normalize text parsing among various languages and platforms.
  • Developed 2-factor login and tweet-translation for Twitter Android app.

Fullstack Engineer

Human Genome Project

June 2011 - May 2012

  • Developed web app for analyzing drug-gene interactions, using Rails.
  • Published cancer article as research author in Nature magazine.