John Austin
Software Engineer at square
Tacoma, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Austin is a seasoned software engineer and technical writer with over 25 years in software development and 11 years focused on developer-facing documentation and SDKs. He has led documentation and sample code efforts at Microsoft, Block, and Square, shaping APIs, SDKs, and onboarding flows while modernizing authoring workflows and schema generation. At Square he harnessed AI agents to quintuple content productivity, acting as both designer and director of automated content pipelines. Comfortable in C#, Java, Android, and REST/protobuf ecosystems, he combines hands‑on coding with a deep empathy for developer experience. Based in Tacoma, Washington, he brings a rare blend of early PC-era programming roots and modern API-first practices that help bridge legacy systems and contemporary developer platforms.
11 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Philosophy, BA, Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach
Github Skills (154)
office36510
in-app-purchase10
adal10
google-pay10
spfx10
flutter-plugin10
square-connect10
utm10
api10
sdk10
payment10
connections10
vba10
skype10
ecm10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
JohnAustin-MSFT/O365-Android-Connect
Jul 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
emailoffice-365androidsending
JohnAustin-MSFT/microsoft-graph-docs
Dec 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:9 PRs, 24 pushes, 5 branches in 3 months
apirestmicrosoft-graphgraphmicrosoft
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