Chad Johnson is a senior web developer with 16 years of experience building full-stack applications across Python and Ruby ecosystems, currently leading web development at Smyth Companies. He specializes in Django and Rails, Linux administration, and MySQL, bringing deep pragmatic knowledge of open source web stacks to deliver reliable, high-performance applications. Chad has progressed from hands-on developer roles to lead positions at multiple firms, demonstrating consistent ownership of architecture and delivery across startups and established companies. Based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, he blends practical backend expertise with a history of shepherding teams through product-focused engineering work. Not obvious from titles alone, his long-tenured roles suggest a strength in operational stability and incremental modernization of legacy systems. He holds a Computer Science background from the University of Iowa and favors open source tools to solve production problems.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Iowa
A Slack bot that provides daily rocket launch notifications and reminders from launchlibrary.net
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Chad Johnson - Senior Web Developer at Smyth Companies