Nicholas Johnson Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

As Head of Engineering for AWS Startups, I lead a team of 50+ engineers and scientists across 5 teams, providing the gateway for $5 billion in annual revenue with a 5:1 cost-to-revenue ratio in the startup segment. I created and grew this organization from a small team into a high-performing division, driving key innovations and product launches that support AWS's mission to enhance the startup customer experience.Leadership: Built and managed a cross-functional engineering organization, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. Implemented agile development practices that improved efficiency and accelerated delivery timelines.Product Development: Led the end-to-end development of key services, including AWS Activate Console, a startup-specific console, and Startups.aws, a digital marketing and tools platform supporting hundreds of thousands of startups. These products helped drive significant customer engagement and revenue growth.Strategic Impact: Worked closely with cross-functional teams to align product development with business goals. Developed and executed strategic roadmaps that enhanced product capabilities and delivered tangible business outcomes.Innovation & Quality: Promoted a culture of continuous improvement, implementing best practices in testing, security, and deployment to ensure products met AWS’s high standards of performance and reliability.Mentorship: Mentored and developed future leaders, helping several team members advance into leadership roles. Committed to creating a culture of growth and development within the team.My focus at AWS has been on delivering exceptional customer experiences, driving product innovation, and scaling a world-class engineering organization to meet the evolving needs of startups.

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Responsible for the ground up development of the AWS Startups Experience, AWS Activate Console, and related Internal Management tools- Built and managed a multiple teams of software development engineers, TPMs, scientist, and software development managers (6 teams, 50+ people)- Manage the build, development, and release multiple products in parallel- Responsible for testing, monitoring, deployment, and proper SDLC lifecycle practice implementation and lifecycle- Managed major re-architecture of software and related infrastructure- Responsible for developing proper operational excellence, on-call, code quality, and CI/CD practices- Worked with PM teams to develop products and best practices around software development and release- Hire and develop the careers software engineers from intern through principle level.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for the development of the AWS Activate Console and internal toolsetManage a team of 10+ software development engineersResponsible for testing, monitoring, deployment, and proper SDLC lifecycleManage sprint/agile activities and ceremoniesCreated initial roadmaps and technical requirements Delivering full new Console Experience for AWS Activate from scratch

Seattle, Wa, Us

Responsible for growing, maintaining, and leading a team of software developers through all aspects of software development to provide a quality software products- Grew a software development team from 1 person to a 6 person team, of which 4 were direct reports, others were task organized to me.- Led team through development of micro services to stream and pipeline data to Azure Event and AWS Kinesis- Led team through the greenfield development of micro service based python projects that worked with data streams from hardware devices- Led team through examining the use of Docker, Kafka, and Kubernetes to improve the efficiency of development and scalability of data streams and containerized micro services- Successfully integrated Devops and SDET/QA elements into the team- Led the team through the integration with high volume, high profile OEM companies in the Trucking Industry- Technology used Python, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Zookeeper, Artifactory, Azure, AWS

Reston, Virginia, Us

Lead and Primary Developer for sensor data collection, translation, analytic, and distribution platformDeveloper of GIS presentation plugins for DOD Mapping PlatformTechnical Lead for Signal Intelligence Platform over haul, including complete infrastructure overhaul, new virtualization solution, user dashboard creation, and deployment automationLead team installation and implementation of a continuous integration (devops) environment to test and deploy infrastructure as codeAs developer used Node.js, Python, C#, Java, Mongo, and Cassandra to build applicationsAs engineer used KVM/QEMU, VMware, Ansible, and Redhat IdM (IPA) as part of complete infrastructure solutionsDeployed and configured Jenkins, Cobbler, Git, Gitlab, IPA, Jira, and OpenStackTracked projects using Agile, Waterfall, and Spiral software development methodsConducted daily sprint meetings

Developer for Extensible Mapping Platform (EMP) and Command Post Computing Environment (CPCE) Map WidgetsWorking heavily with Ozone (OWF), CommandWeb, and JC2CUI widget developmentDeveloper for widget conversion tool for Command Operating Environment (COE) V1 to V2 Map WidgetDeveloped testing tools for various Javascript Widgets

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Solider in US Army 1st Armor Division.Worked closely with experimental systems being developed in the US Army.Developed several proof of concept systems that allowed for greater battlefield visibility.Developed several applications that assisted with battlefield survivability over long distances.Produced and maintained garrison personnel tracking system that generated reports based on chain of command need.

Development of industrial automatons software for welding machines.Development military software for data analyses and mobile platform data collection and dissemination.Development of consumer grade mobile weather alert system.

Comprehensive network and server management, web application development, website development and management. Rebuilt network, including the addition of 16 new servers and 200 sq-mile multi-node mesh wireless network.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Worked as a Data and Systems Analysis for Fortune-500 company. Used custom Visual Basic applications to modify data in high paced environment.Design and managed multiple RDMS.Supervised multiple teams of 20+ personnel in accomplishing goals oriented and sensitive data operations.

Master’S Degree, Information Systems

Bachelor Of Information Systems (Bis), Web Development

Aa, General, Information Technology