Chris Johnson
Senior Software Development Engineer at eero / Amazon
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Johnson is a Senior Software Development Engineer with 15 years of experience building secure, scalable cloud and IoT systems from Silicon Valley startups to Amazon. Based in San Francisco, he has driven core eero platform features—X.509 device authentication, secure boot and firmware signing, real-time device-cloud connections, and global command delivery—while mentoring engineers to favor clarity and simplicity. A pragmatic full-stack developer, he blends Scala, JavaScript/Node, and systems-level C/C++ work with production-grade DevOps across distributed services. He contributes to open-source tooling that integrates React with Express server rendering, demonstrating attention to security (XSS fixes) and client/server ergonomics. His background in music (master’s in double bass performance) informs a collaborative, creative approach to problem solving and design. Colleagues rely on him to turn hard problems into elegant, finished products.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Music, Bachelor's degree Music at California State University, NorthridgeMaster's degree Double Bass Performance, Master's degree Double Bass Performance at The Boston Conservatory
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (14)
nodejs10
javascript10
expressjs10
react10
jsx10
html9
browserify8
xss8
mapreduce6
php6
mongodb6
regex6
mysql6
memcached6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
reactjs/express-react-views
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
This is an Express view engine which renders React components on server. It renders static markup and *does not* support mounting those views on the client.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 8 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Chris focused on developing a dynamic React example using the Express-React-Views library. Their contributions centered around creating and refining React components, including a TodoApp and associated HTML structure. They made modifications to how React components were rendered on the server and client-side, and incorporated browserify standalone export and fixed XSS vulnerabilities. The work showcases experience in integrating React with a Node.js server using Express.js.
reactview-enginejavascriptexpresson-server
tenorviol/node-facebook-sdk
Feb 2011 - Apr 2018
Contributions:114 commits, 2 pushes, 1 comment in 7 years 2 months
phpphp-sdksdkfacebook
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