John Barden
Software Engineering Manager at Hy-Vee, Inc.
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Barden is a software engineering manager with a decade of experience building full-stack solutions across React, Node, C#, SQL, and cloud environments, currently leading engineering at Hy-Vee after progressive senior roles. He combines hands-on development with people leadership, mentoring engineers and partnering with product and stakeholders to deliver user-focused, production-quality software. His background spans large enterprise healthcare and finance tech at Cerner and C2FO as well as digital agencies, giving him fluency in both fast-moving product teams and complex regulated systems. Comfortable in Linux and Windows, he has a curiosity for new languages and platforms and a track record of moving between individual contribution and management without losing technical depth. Based in Kansas City, he brings a practical engineering-first approach to team growth and architectural decision-making that emphasizes reliable delivery and continuous learning.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Missouri
Github Skills (19)
bash7
linux7
rust6
shell6
macos6
react6
zsh5
nextjs5
vscode4
ctrl4
agentic3
github-copilot2
probot2
visual-studio-code2
copilot2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JohnSBarden/personal-website
Sep 2019 - Apr 2022
My personal website
Contributions:73 commits, 17 PRs, 56 pushes in 2 years 7 months
reactnextjs
JohnSBarden/dotfiles
Jun 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 38 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 1 month
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