John Brainard is a Principal Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building Java-centric solutions, currently leading engineering efforts at Myndshft from Gilbert, Arizona. He specializes in Java, Spring, Grails and legacy-to-modern migrations—recently replacing a Google App Engine application with a Spring/Kotlin backend for a music tooling product. His background spans enterprise LMS services, Android and desktop cross-platform features, and backend systems for retirement management, reflecting strong full-stack and integration skills. A pragmatic engineer, he emphasizes test coverage and maintainability, having consistently written unit tests across application layers. Comfortable with C#/.NET and mobile development, he brings both hands-on coding and technical leadership to small and medium-sized projects.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Dryden Jr./Sr. High
Computer Science, Computer Science at SUNY Brockport
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