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James Waldrop
Engineering at Google
James Waldrop is a seasoned software engineer and technology leader with extensive experience in building large-scale internet applications. He currently holds a senior engineering role at Google, having joined the company after its acquisition of Fitbit.35
Career Highlights
Google:: Waldrop currently works in a senior engineering capacity at Google.34 He joined the company following Google's acquisition of Fitbit, where he previously held the position of Vice President of Engineering.6
Fitbit:: Prior to Google, Waldrop served as the Vice President of Engineering at Fitbit.6
Twitter:: Before his time at Fitbit, Waldrop worked at Twitter, where he managed several engineering teams responsible for developer productivity. His focus areas included Build, Test Frameworks, and Developer Analytics.1
Salesforce.com:: Waldrop also has experience working at Salesforce.com, where he likely contributed to performance engineering efforts.1
Expertise and Contributions
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Large-Scale Applications: Waldrop has been building large-scale internet applications for over 20 years, adapting to the evolving definition of "large scale" throughout his career.1
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Performance Engineering: He has significant experience in performance engineering and scalability.15
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Open Source: Waldrop wrote and open-sourced the Iago load testing library, drawing from his experience in performance engineering at various companies.1
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Developer Tooling: He has a background in developer tooling and productivity.5
Education
Waldrop attended the University of Pennsylvania for his education.
Personal
Outside of work, Waldrop is a father to two daughters. When he finds free time, he enjoys kayaking on or around the San Francisco Bay.1
James Waldrop's LinkedIn username is indeed "jawaldrop"2, and he maintains a presence on Twitter under the handle @HiveTheory.5
