Brian Johnson
Engineering Manager at Yext
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Johnson is an Engineering Manager based in Seattle with 14 years of web development experience and a strong grounding in accessibility, optimization, and progressive enhancement. He leads teams at Hearsay Systems after prior front-end and accessibility-focused roles at Udacity and Yahoo!, bringing practical experience shipping large consumer-facing UIs. With an MBA in International Business and a BA in Management Information Systems, he pairs technical leadership with strategic and cross-cultural business perspective. He is obsessive about code standards, performance tuning, and inclusive design, often finding creative, accessible solutions to modern problems. Brian’s background spans full-stack web technologies—HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, PHP—and Linux-based workflows, plus hands-on Scrum practice. Outside of obvious engineering strengths, he blends product-minded management with a talent for spotting incremental optimizations that improve both UX and operational efficiency.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Management Information Systems, BA, Management Information Systems at Washington State UniversityMBA, Study Abroad, MBA, Study Abroad at Buskerud University
Github Skills (81)
switchboard10
python10
force-feedback10
internet10
p2p10
javascript10
connected10
mqtt10
upnp10
smartthings10
home-automation10
iot10
zwave10
network10
zigbee10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
imbrianj/switchboard-phpServer
Oct 2015 - Mar 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
imbrianj/door_knocker
Sep 2013 - Jul 2014
Contributions:6 commits in 10 months
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