Hi, I'm James Zaccardo, I'm a Technical Architect

14 years building robust, performant software using cutting-edge technologies and data-driven methodologies. I know how to catch problems before they happen. Check out some of my

past work.

I architect microservices that handle millions of requests, orchestrated on Kubernetes using Istio, Gloo, and Traefik for intelligent traffic management. I scale and optimize infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure, and integrate cutting-edge LLM capabilities into production systems.

Full-stack expertise spanning TypeScript, Python, Rust, Swift, C++, C#, Java, Go, React, Next.js, Django, Spring Boot, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Spark, Kafka.

Recent Work

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Managed Kubernetes and Service Mesh (ISTIO) in Microservices architecture. Orchestrated microservices architecture with Kubernetes and Istio. Developed and consumed APIs with Go and Postgres. Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Docker. Implemented monitoring and alerting using Prometheus and Grafana.

AI, LLM, ML, Microservices, AWS, Kubernetes, React, Typescript, Next.js, D3.js, Go, Postgres, Agile/Scrum, HTML, SASS

Newfront Insurance

Developed new company website and mobile app. This included revamping the user flow across the product, creating a new design system, and expanding API endpoints.

React, Typescript, Next.js, AWS, D3.js, Go, Postgres, Agile/Scrum, HTML, SASS

Avalara

Developed next generation tax management software. Led team of five from start to finish including design, scoping, diagramming, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance in a Agile/Scrum environment.

React, Typescript, Python, Node.js, Postgres, AWS, Jira, Git, HTML, SASS

Georgetown University

Developed new graduate school website with a custom CMS for employees. Worked with UX and Design teams to translate feature specifications into a reusable code/template library. Refactored legacy codebase into modern MVC architecture application.

C#, Javascript, .Net, REST-API, MySQL, Jira, Git, HTML, SASS

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