Brian Hnat
Senior Software Engineer at Railroad19
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Hnat is a Senior Software Engineer and self-described "Expert Generalist" with 11 years of focused experience building robust backend systems, APIs, and cloud-native platforms from Raleigh, NC. He has a strong track record designing developer-friendly APIs (OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC) and has used OpenAPI extensions to automate cross-system integrations and reduce operational friction. Brian led the design and cloud migration of a commercial test automation platform—owning GraphQL and gRPC boundaries, observability standards (OpenTelemetry/Honeycomb), and predictable release processes—while also acting as technical product owner during a company spinout. His background spans enterprises to startups and includes database schema migration patterns, Azure serverless and AKS, and pragmatic engineering leadership in hiring and investor-facing technical discussions. With formal training in computer science and environmental management, he brings a systems-thinking approach and a penchant for simplifying complex integrations so teams can move faster.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MCS Computer Science, MCS Computer Science at North Carolina State UniversityMEM Environmental Management, MEM Environmental Management at Duke UniversityBS Environmental Science, BS Environmental Science at Wilkes University
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Github Skills (35)
functional-testing10
gherkin10
integration-testing10
cucumber9
bdd9
golang9
jenkins6
kubernetes-ingress6
nginx6
grpc6
xcode6
uigesturerecognizer6
akka-streams6
iphone6
bouncy-castle6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dumpsterfireproject/blog
Jun 2021 - Sep 2024
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
dumpsterfireproject/test-app
Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:8 releases, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
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