Summary
Austin Brown is a Senior Software Developer with 11 years of experience building healthcare-focused systems, currently based in Kansas City. He specializes in Java and XSLT for clinical document generation, while also leveraging JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and Docker for personal and integration work. At Oracle Cerner he advanced from engineer to manager and back to senior IC roles, driving legacy-to-cloud migrations, reducing CVEs, and introducing static analysis and iterative legacy-removal processes that measurably improved stability and testability. He champions agile practices and empowers non-technical stakeholders by creating frameworks that simplify test ownership. A polyglot and keyboard-shortcut enthusiast who isn’t afraid to experiment with ChatGPT, he balances production-grade delivery with continuous personal projects. His practical focus on cleaner, more testable code and cross-team orchestration makes him a pragmatic engineer who solves more problems than he creates.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of Arkansas
English