John Nolan
Senior Director Of Engineering at OpenTable
Oakland, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Nolan is a Senior Director of Engineering based in Oakland with 11 years of experience leading consumer web and B2B engineering teams at OpenTable. He has a track record of turning monoliths into service-oriented, event-driven architectures and bringing fragmented web teams together to deliver resilient, high-performance front-end systems. Equally focused on craft and culture, he builds strong, autonomous teams and invests in organizational and systems thinking to scale delivery. His background spans hands-on engineering, technical delivery leadership, and a MSc in Advanced Computer Science, reflecting a blend of practical implementation and formal rigor. Notably, he has repeatedly transitioned teams through major redesigns while maintaining mission-critical applications in production.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Msc Advanced Computer Science, Msc Advanced Computer Science at The University of ManchesterXpertise Training
Github Skills (61)
foundry10
opc10
spell10
css10
nextjs10
pattern10
reminder10
chat10
cdktf10
static-site10
command-line-utility10
sketchup10
ddd10
vcenter10
react10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
johnnolan/encounter-stats
May 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:66 releases, 6 reviews, 250 commits in 1 year 8 months
foundryeventslookplayersplan
johnnolan/dnd-vlendir-campaign
Jan 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:41 PRs, 43 pushes, 43 branches in 2 years 1 month
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