Boyd Johnson
Python Developer at c1Advantage
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolBoyd Johnson is a Python-focused backend developer with 11 years of engineering experience and over four years working deeply on the Hyperledger Sawtooth open-source blockchain, where he contributed game-like application logic and CLI features to a core repository. Comfortable across Python, Rust, and Java, he has taken projects from prototyping to production—building REST integrations for blockchain platforms and maintaining SDKs. Boyd balances freelance product work (including consumer sites like fun-solitaire.com and mycoloringpage.xyz) with team roles at c1Advantage and Bitwise IO, demonstrating both solo delivery and collaborative open-source engineering. Based in Minneapolis, he brings a math-and-chemistry academic background and a knack for making distributed systems approachable through clear CLI and API interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics and Chemistry, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics and Chemistry at Hamline UniversityAssociate's Degree, Software Development, Associate's Degree, Software Development at Minneapolis Community and Technical College
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Github Skills (15)
logic10
cli10
command-line-interface10
python10
implement10
hyperledger-sawtooth10
command-line10
distributed-ledger-technology9
hyperledger9
distributed-ledger9
blockchain8
java-security6
travis-ci6
concurrency6
java6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
hyperledger-archives/sawtooth-core
Jun 2016 - Jan 2019
Core repository for Sawtooth Distributed Ledger
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:89 commits, 278 PRs, 131 pushes in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Boyd primarily contributed to the `sawtooth-battleship` application, focusing on implementing and refactoring game logic and user interface elements for the command-line interface. Their work included adding features to display the game state, incorporating logic to handle pending shots, and modifying the game state based on actions. They also implemented features to parse command line arguments for game creation.
distributed-ledgersawtoothhyperledgersawtooth-lake
boydjohnson/sawtooth-marketplace
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:65 pushes, 19 branches in 27 days
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