# Alan Johnson

> Senior Engineer at Kaizen Labs

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alanjohnson

I am a lead full stack engineer passionate about turning complex, time-sensitive business requirements into scalable architectures, guiding teams to successful execution, and mentoring junior developers. 

Special aptitude for great UI/UX. I sweat the details. 

My stack: JavaScript/TypeScript; React and React Native; Next.js; Node.js and Express; SQL and NoSQL databases; tRPC; Tailwind CSS. Familiarity with Python, Swift, and Java.

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## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer (Frontend-Focus) @ Kaizen Labs
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Founding Engineer @ Deliverable
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | New York, United States
• Led development for the web app frontend, architecting the overall site layout, choosing core technologies, building out customized, reusable primitives, and establishing codebase patterns
• Owned core product flows end-to-end, driving rapid iteration through continuous delivery of high-impact features across the stack over multiple product areas

### Engineering Lead @ HomeLister
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Managed and mentored a team of staff engineers, providing technical leadership and ensuring on-time delivery of projects and successful completion of major long-term initiatives
• Sole developer of the buyer search map view "Homes for Sale" experience
• Code owner for multiple company repositories, including the marquee home-seller site and core API repos, maintaining high code quality through stringent and constructive PR reviews
• Acted as the main liaison with the executive team alongside the CTO, and provided valuable developer-centered input in design meetings

### Senior Full Stack Engineer @ HomeLister
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Primary developer for web redesign of HomeLister's seller site from AngularJS Version 1 to Next.js
• Architect and co-developer for the web redesign of HomeLister's brokerage operations web app, also from AngularJS Version 1 to Next.js 
• Iteratively modernized an old monolithic core API server, adding ES6 TypeScript, Node version upgrades, standalone services, and a shift from NoSQL to SQL.

### Full Stack Engineer @ re# studio
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area
Project-focused development with stacks including ES6 Javascript or Typescript, Next.js, React, React Native, Angular.js, Redux, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and Mongoose

• Lead frontend developer on a Next.js-powered redesign of home-listing web app HomeLister
• Lead developer on Hero Traveler’s React-based web app, React Native app, and backend 
• Lead React Native developer on an in-store product selection app for Advance Auto Parts 
• Lead frontend developer of IoT construction startup Buildstream's web app
• Conducted technical interviews with candidates to assess proficiency and culture fit
• Lead standup meetings as part of an agile methodology

### Developer, Operations @ IAC Applications
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
• Built a web portal for phone agents with a data-transfer layer to Salesforce to save on license costs, initially written in Python with Flask and rewritten in PHP with Laravel
• Enhanced Salesforce license value by building out new features in Apex and Visualforce
• Automated the team's legacy Excel-based reporting with VBA

### Research Operations and Strategy Manager @ Wonder (AskWonder.com)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Greater New York City Area
• Expanded a worldwide community of remote contract researchers from 0 to over 1000
• Worked closely with developers to test React-based code as part of an agile process
• Edited research articles on startups, technology, finance, and business topics
• Collaborated with the founders to design Wonder's research product from the ground up
• Disseminated evolving production standards throughout the organization
• Designed and managed hiring and onboarding


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts - BA in English and Comparative Literature, American Studies
Columbia University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

### Computer Science in Software Development
Fullstack Academy
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alan-h-johnson
- Website: https://alanjohn.me

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Last updated: 2026-04-01