Erik Johnson
Enterprise Support Lead Senior Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolEric Johnson is a Principal Developer Advocate at AWS with a decade of experience helping teams build scalable serverless and event-driven systems while advancing ethical GenAI adoption. He combines deep architecture chops—implementing AWS serverless patterns (Cognito, API Gateway, EventBridge, DynamoDB, AppSync, CDK) and front-end work in Vue.js—with contributions to well-known samples like aws-samples/serverless-patterns and the Amazon API Gateway URL shortener. Based in Johnstown, Colorado, he translates community feedback into product improvements, runs workshops and keynotes, and makes cloud-native design accessible through engaging, humor-infused speaking. An unexpected but defining detail: his MDiv and BA in Theology inform his ethical lens and storytelling approach to technical communication.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement at Illinois Central College
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Github Skills (44)
javascript10
aws-cdk10
amazon-dynamodb10
javascripts10
dynamodb10
vue-js10
front-end-development10
api-gateway10
aws10
serverless10
frontend-development10
vue-jsx10
aws-appsync9
event-hub9
aws-eventbridge9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
aws-samples/amazon-api-gateway-url-shortener
Dec 2019 - Jun 2021
Creates a serverless URL shortener on AWS without using AWS Lambda or any other compute.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 77 commits, 24 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Erik primarily contributed to the front-end development of the URL shortener application. They implemented the client-side interface, including the dashboard and modal components, using Vue.js. The user added features for creating, updating, and deleting short links and integrated with the back-end API. They also focused on improving the UI/UX by adjusting the layout and presentation of the links.
shortenerserverlessaws-lambdatinyurlaws
aws-samples/serverless-patterns
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
Serverless patterns. Learn more at the website: https://serverlessland.com/patterns.
Role in this project:Back-end & Cloud Engineer
Back-end & Cloud EngineerContributions:39 reviews, 48 commits, 91 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Erik implemented several serverless patterns within the AWS ecosystem, demonstrating a focus on backend and cloud infrastructure. Their work included integrating Cognito for authentication, implementing API Gateway endpoints, and connecting them to EventBridge and other AWS services. Furthermore, they worked with DynamoDB, AppSync, and CDK to build and deploy serverless applications.
serverless-applicationsserverlessaws-lambdapatternsaws
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