Robert Yawn
Senior Engineer (Backend) at Dott
Heerhugowaard, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Yawn is a Senior Backend Engineer with 11 years of experience building standards-compliant Node.js and JavaScript services, currently applying his expertise at Dott. He has a strong track record in consumer hardware and connected-device platforms, having held senior engineering and lead roles at Fitbit, Pebble, and Palm where he focused on reliable web and app experiences. Known for pragmatic engineering, he emphasizes standards compliance and maintainable backend architectures that scale for product-focused teams. Based in the Netherlands, he blends startup agility with enterprise-grade discipline, often bridging firmware-adjacent integrations with web back ends. His background at both device-makers and mobility tech gives him a practical appreciation for latency, offline behavior, and real-world constraints that influence API and system design.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science, Computer Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology
English, Spanish
Github Skills (93)
javascript10
joi10
firebase-cloud-messaging10
plugin10
async9
firebase-authentication9
deno9
middleware9
firebase-realtime-database9
integer9
firebase-messaging9
firebase-database9
rust9
firebase-admin9
expressive9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
reyawn/dotfiles
Apr 2015 - Jun 2021
Contributions:33 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 2 months
pebble/docker-node
Apr 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:6 PRs, 16 pushes, 10 branches in 6 months
dockerfiledependenciesdockernodejsnpm
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