Justin Gardner
Staff Software Engineer at Chewy
Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Gardner is a staff software engineer with 11 years of experience building high-traffic, media-rich web platforms and applications, currently driving engineering at Chewy. He previously led technology at Adult Swim, where he designed serverless and microservices architectures, launched streaming and live-chat platforms, and scaled connected-device apps with millions of monthly users. A hands-on front-end contributor, Justin has extended data-visualization tooling in the popular Formidable Victory library, improving domain-aware data formatting and component behavior. He blends product-minded leadership with deep implementation skills—moving legacy sites to React SPAs, introducing modern build tooling, and mentoring engineering teams. Based in Georgia, he pairs a BS in Computer Science with an MA in Interactive Design and Game Development, giving him a rare mix of systems, UX, and interactive media expertise. Colleagues rely on him to turn complex broadcast-style requirements into pragmatic, testable engineering solutions.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Columbus State UniversityMasters - Interactive Design and Game Development, Masters - Interactive Design and Game Development at Savannah College of Art and Design
Github Skills (9)
data-manipulation10
data-visualizations10
data-visualization10
data-visualisation10
javascript10
front-end-development10
react10
charts10
d3js9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FormidableLabs/victory
Apr 2021 - May 2021
A collection of composable React components for building interactive data visualizations
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 51 commits, 14 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Justin primarily focused on modifying and extending the functionality of the `victory-area` package within the `victory` repository. Their commits included testing and reverting changes to the `area.js` file, specifically adjusting the angle accessor within the component. They also implemented a substantial update related to "Format Data from Domain," involving multiple files and updates to the errorbar and candlestick stories for domain-specific data handling. These adjustments involved data transformations, data filtering, and the integration of domain constraints.
chartsreactvisualizationscomposabledata-visualization
jhumbug/generator-static-app-skeleton
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:36 commits, 32 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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