Michael Johnston
Engineering Cron at Notion
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Johnston is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years building high-performance mobile and web experiences, currently contributing to Cron within Notion's engineering organization in Mountain View. He brings deep expertise in iOS, graphics, UI design and front-end performance from roles at Flipboard and Yahoo!, where he led web teams and shipped foundational mobile-web rendering libraries and HTML5 publishing engines. As a former co-founder of a stealth startup, he blends product-minded tinkering with pragmatic engineering, often focusing on the intersection of mobile and web technologies. Known for driving performant rendering and polished user interfaces, he combines hands-on implementation with design sensibility rooted in computer science and mathematics.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Mathematics at St.Edward's University
Github Skills (42)
javascript10
electron10
rendering10
windows10
typescript10
linux10
webpack10
android10
package10
nodejs10
macos10
react10
react-native9
ios9
cross-platform9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cron-hq/darkreader
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Dark Reader Chrome and Firefox extension
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
firefoxchromefirefox-extensiondark-themefirefox-addon
cron-hq/electron-forge
Apr 2020 - May 2022
A complete tool for creating, publishing, and installing modern Electron applications
Contributions:2 branches in 2 years 1 month
electron-applicationspublishingelectronelectron-builderinstalling
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