Summary
Mike Johnson is a staff software engineer with 12 years of experience building web-focused systems and developer tools, currently applying that expertise to climate tech at Electric Hydrogen. He designs applications and data pipelines that bridge R&D labs and manufacturing for high-power electrolyzers, combining frontend ergonomics with backend reliability. Previously he led web teams and owned monorepos and shared TypeScript SDKs at Zillow and Unearth, improving developer velocity and system performance. Mike has deep practical experience in geospatial and real-time systems, having shipped drone imagery processing, websocket-driven APIs, and high-throughput web services. He’s comfortable across the stack—from CI/CD and platform tooling to UI performance optimizations—and often surfaces hidden bottlenecks that yield large gains. Based in Seattle with a BA from the University of Washington, he brings a pragmatic engineering mindset to mission-driven product work.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Arts (BA) at University of Washington