Location: Chapel Hill, NC Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js (Express/NestJS), Python (Django/Flask), Go, React/Next.js, PostgreSQL/MongoDB, AWS (Kubernetes/Terraform), AI (RAG pipelines/LangChain), Kafka/RabbitMQ Resume/CV: https://james-website-xi.vercel.app/ Email: jwillingham577@gmail.com Lead Full Stack Engineer | AI & Cloud Architecture | 10+ Years Experience I am a technical leader with a decade of experience building and scaling high-performance SaaS platforms at companies like Pendo, Cisco, and Red Hat. I thrive on solving complex architectural challenges at the intersection of product engineering and infrastructure.Engineering Leadership: Currently serving as Lead Software Engineer at Pendo, where I lead full-stack teams in delivering core SaaS features and establishing rigorous engineering standards for observability and secure coding.AI-Native Systems: Architecting and implementing LLM-powered features and RAG pipelines using OpenAI, LangChain, and vector databases to surface insights from massive datasets.Distributed Systems & Scale: Expert in designing event-driven architectures with Kafka and RabbitMQ, and managing secure, multi-tenant backend services backed by PostgreSQL and MongoDB.Cloud & DevOps: Extensive experience operating containerized services on AWS with Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, driven by automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CircleCI).Foundational Rigor: B.S. in Computer Science from UNC Chapel Hill. I focus on performance, long-term maintainability, and clean UI/UX across modern frameworks like React and Vue.js.Looking for Senior or Lead roles in fast-moving teams where I can drive technical strategy and deliver high-integrity software at scale.