John Kleinschmidt
Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Kleinschmidt is a Principal Software Engineering Manager with over 20 years building enterprise web applications and more than a decade of leadership experience at companies including Microsoft and GitHub. He blends hands-on full-stack development with platform and CI/CD expertise—having maintained Electron, improved Chromium builds, and managed multi-platform CI across nine platforms. John founded and led the offline-first HospitalRun project for low-resource hospitals, contributing both frontend and backend features and speaking about offline-first development at conferences. He excels at scaling engineering processes and open-source communities, with a track record of moving features into upstream Chromium and streamlining complex build pipelines. Based in Harrisburg, PA, he’s known for pragmatic architectural oversight and an unusual combo of deep UI/UX roots and low-level DevOps automation.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer and Information Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer and Information Science at Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg
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Github Skills (31)
fastify10
javascript10
react-components10
c-language10
electron10
testing10
css10
chromium10
cicd10
react-component10
build-automation10
html10
powershell10
nodejs10
frontend10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
HospitalRun/hospitalrun-frontend
Jul 2014 - Mar 2018
Frontend for HospitalRun
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 releases, 1465 commits, 501 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:John's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the HospitalRun-frontend project. They made specific improvements to expense reports, return medication features, and patient records, incorporating middle names and status fields. The user also worked on the patient listing screen, adding sorting capabilities and improving overall usability.
reactemrhospitalrunhospitalrun-frontendjavascript
HospitalRun/hospitalrun-server
Aug 2014 - May 2018
Backend for HospitalRun
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 releases, 103 commits, 30 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:John focused on developing backend features for the HospitalRun server, as evidenced by the addition of a new `/chkuser` route for user detail retrieval. They implemented support for HTTPS servers, including configuration options for SSL certificates and keys. The user also refactored user management functions, moving them to the server-side and adding API endpoints for user CRUD operations.
hospitalrunexpresshospitalrun-serverfastifybackend
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