Andrew Barnes
Software Developer at Nextdoor
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Barnes is a software developer with 12 years of experience building consumer-facing products and scalable backend systems from San Francisco. He currently improves the Nextdoor feed as a full-stack engineer and observability evangelist, and previously built high-throughput email and ETL systems at Walmart and Nextdoor that handled millions of users and messages per hour. Skilled at optimizing performance and simplifying developer workflows, he has repeatedly reduced page load times, sped up test suites, and stabilized dev environments. Andrew communicates technical details clearly and adapts quickly across front-end and backend domains, with a track record of shipping payment integrations, A/B tools, and multi-tenant SaaS features. He combines hands-on engineering with a knack for developer experience, often spending focused time helping teams recover from staffing gaps and improve long-term productivity.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Denison University
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
electron9
typescript9
visual-studio-code8
editor8
microsoft8
javascript3
rets3
eslint3
cli2
vscode-extension2
live-coding2
vscode2
sonic-pi1
priority-queue1
python1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
drewgbarnes/GmailBackup
Jan 2014 - Jun 2016
Contributions:5 commits, 1 push in 2 years 5 months
drewgbarnes/dgb
Nov 2016 - Aug 2025
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 10 months
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