Brandon Tarney
Assistant Project Manager, Lead Developer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Tarney is an experienced software leader and systems engineer with 11 years building and delivering mission-critical, Linux-based backend and application software at Johns Hopkins APL and Electric Boat. He leads multi-disciplinary teams as an assistant project manager and lead developer, operationalizing AI/ML solutions and overseeing large custom C++/Python codebases in agile environments while interfacing directly with sponsors and customers. His background spans the full lifecycle—systems analysis, design, testing, integration, and field deployment—with hands-on work in embedded C, Java, Swift, and tooling for simulation and test. Brandon recently completed a part-time MS in Computer Science at Johns Hopkins (3.96 GPA), blending formal CS rigor with practical electrical engineering foundations from the University at Buffalo. Outside work he maintains personal projects on GitHub and brings a practical, user-focused mindset shaped by both lab-scale prototypes and million-line production systems.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University at Buffalo
GermanProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
brandontarney/config_files
Mar 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
brandontarney/os_p1
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:41 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 10 days
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