Kevin Johnson
Software Engineer at Google
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Johnson is a software engineer with 13 years of experience who blends hands-on engineering and people leadership, currently building systems at Google out of Minneapolis. He moved through technical and managerial roles at Human Interest—rising from senior engineer to engineering manager and architect—demonstrating an ability to shepherd projects from design to delivery. Kevin has a strong backend focus (Go, Node) and a history of shipping RESTful, FHIR-compliant APIs and tooling to automate schema and deployment workflows. He contributes to open-source tooling like the popular vim-easymotion plugin, where his refactors improved mapping logic and search handling—a sign of his attention to developer ergonomics. Academically trained with a Master’s from UC Berkeley and a summa cum laude BA from Cornell, he pairs rigorous technical foundations with clear communication and a passion for debugging and creative problem-solving. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic leader who prefers eliminating friction in both codebases and teams.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science and Politics, 3.95 (summa cum laude), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science and Politics, 3.95 (summa cum laude) at Cornell CollegeMaster's of Engineering, Computer Science, Master's of Engineering, Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
Github Skills (4)
vim10
vim-plugin10
mappings10
plugin-development9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
easymotion/vim-easymotion
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Vim motions on speed!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily focused on refactoring and improving the `EasyMotion` Vim plugin. Their work involved creating a helper function to streamline mapping configurations. They addressed specific issues with the `Next` and `Previous` motions and corrected the function used for "LineAnywhere" mappings. Additionally, the user modified the mapping helper function to handle specific search special cases, removing unnecessary code.
speedvimmotionsvim-pluginneovim
Vadskye/Rise
Sep 2013 - Feb 2023
The Rise RPG
Contributions:226 releases, 2 reviews, 11484 commits in 9 years 6 months
gamerpgomsgame-developmentrise
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