Joseph Johnston
Software Engineering Manager at Ford Motor Company
Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Johnston is a software engineering manager with 12 years of hands-on full-stack experience, currently leading engineering efforts at Ford Motor Company. He combines practical expertise in Java Spring Boot, React, and Node.js with proven leadership of agile, XP-driven teams and a background in consulting and paired TDD. His career spans startups and enterprise projects—from founding Paratus Software to scaling product lines at Ford—bringing both entrepreneurial grit and delivery discipline. A psychology graduate from Eastern Michigan University, he leverages people-focused instincts to coach teams and navigate complex stakeholder environments. Notably, he balances technical leadership with a developer-first approach honed at Menlo Innovations, where paired development and client-facing consulting shaped his collaborative style.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Psychology, Bachelors, Psychology at Eastern Michigan UniversityAssociate's degree, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Associate's degree, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Oakland Community College
English, Japanese
Github Skills (5)
playing7
react4
react-native-module4
native-module4
react-native3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JArthurJohnston/JavaClassBrowser
Dec 2013 - Nov 2015
Contributions:88 commits, 1 push in 1 year 11 months
JArthurJohnston/Grimoire-V2
Feb 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:95 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
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