Summary
Nathan Johnson is a Customer Success Engineer with 11 years of experience bridging technical support, GIS/web development, and player experience across startups and enterprise teams in the Bay Area. He built backend systems with Python/Django and PostgreSQL for environmental and mobile apps, then transitioned to hands-on technical support and customer success in robotics, AI, and industrial automation at OSARO and now Foxglove. Comfortable liaising between engineering, product, and customers, he combines debugging and ticketing rigor (JIRA/Helpshift) with a user-centered approach that improves first-contact resolution. Fluent in Mandarin with graduate study in Chinese linguistics, he brings cross-cultural communication and international trade experience to global customer engagements. Notably, his background spans both data-driven geospatial engineering and high-volume consumer support, giving him a rare blend of backend technical chops and operational empathy.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chinese Language and Culture (Mandarin), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Chinese Language and Culture (Mandarin) at Florida State University
Masters, Chinese Linguistics, Masters, Chinese Linguistics at Tianjin Foreign Studies University
Chinese, Russian, Dutch, English