Robert Baxter
Staff Software Engineer - Team Lead at Vivint
Lehi, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Baxter is a Staff Software Engineer and team lead with 11 years at Vivint, rising through front-end engineering into leadership while driving product and execution across multiple teams. Based in Lehi, Utah, he blends hands-on development with people management, mentoring engineers and shaping technical direction for long-running consumer-facing systems. He has deep institutional knowledge of Vivint’s stack and delivery lifecycle, having progressed from front-end developer to senior and now staff-level leadership. Known for steady long-term ownership, he favors pragmatic solutions that balance user experience, performance, and maintainability. His academic background—summa cum laude BS in Mass Communication—gives him a rare combination of technical craft and clear communication skills that help align engineering work with product goals.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
The University of UtahAssociate of Science (AS), General Studies, Associate of Science (AS), General Studies at Salt Lake Community College
Github Skills (32)
atmel10
rp204010
firmware10
typescript10
usb10
keyboard10
arm10
avr9
typescript-definitions8
dts8
qmk8
javascript7
github-flavored-markdown7
emberjs7
google-play7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rlbaxter/zmk
Aug 2021 - Sep 2024
ZMK Firmware Repository
Contributions:21 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 1 month
zmkfirmwarezephyr
rlbaxter/qmk_firmware
Feb 2021 - Oct 2024
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Contributions:40 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 8 months
rp2040nrf52840firmwareavratmel
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