Brian Johnson
Staff AI Engineering Platform Inference Development
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Johnson is a Staff AI engineer and founder with 14 years of professional experience building full-stack and AI-driven platforms from startups to large consumer companies. Based in San Francisco, he blends hands-on engineering, platform and inference architecture work at Tavus with entrepreneurial product leadership at Aerbits.ai, where he applies drones, ML, and geospatial analytics to detect and mitigate illegal dumping. His background spans systems and web engineering, team leadership, and scaling production services at Zillow and Earnest, plus deep practical experience in real-time data, cloud infrastructure, and robotics from earlier roles. He prioritizes customer-centered design and rapid, data-driven iteration, while mentoring teams and improving developer productivity. An electrical engineering and law-educated technologist, he pairs technical breadth—from embedded robotics and radar modeling to modern ML inference—with a knack for turning complex, civic-minded problems into deployable solutions. Outside work he combines family life with experimental projects, reflecting a persistent curiosity that fuels both product innovation and pragmatic engineering.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
B.S.E.E. Computer & Software Engineering, B.S.E.E. Computer & Software Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinJ.D. Law, J.D. Law at Ave Maria School of LawHigh School High Schoiol, High School High Schoiol at Stephen F Austin High School
Github Skills (36)
voice-assistant9
tesseract8
javascript7
ocr7
deep-learning7
python7
webassembly7
machine-learning6
tensorflow5
npm4
nodejs4
llm4
ai4
cli4
npm-cli2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bpanahij/react-generator
Sep 2016 - Dec 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
bpanahij/chef_recipes
Aug 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:3 commits, 1 push in 11 months
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