Samuel Johnston
Senior Software Engineer at Climate
Tremont, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolSamuel Johnston is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience applying computational linguistics and Python to real-world data problems, currently building software at Climate. He holds a Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics from the University of Arizona and has a strong research background in phonetics, speech recognition, and automated speech synthesis. Samuel’s career bridges academia and industry—from designing high-throughput data collection pipelines and Praat-based phonetic analysis to testing and hardening production systems at The Climate Corporation. He has consulted on DARPA’s D3M program, helping shape early prototype requirements for automated model discovery, which reflects his knack for turning research insights into practical tooling. Based in Tremont, Illinois, he combines deep language-tech expertise with pragmatic engineering—often automating tedious workflows with Python to accelerate data-driven projects.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Linguistics at University of ToledoAssociate's Degree, Foreign Language, Associate's Degree, Foreign Language at Illinois Central College
Github Skills (2)
api5
openapi3
Github contributions (5)
arizona-phonological-imaging-lab/data-collection
Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:17 pushes in 5 months
sjcjohnston/diss_template
May 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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