# Brian Wernick

> Software Engineering Leader

Location: Riverton, Utah, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brianwernick

I’m an accountable engineering leader with over 10 years of experience delivering innovative customer-facing applications and software solutions across backend, mobile, and web. Utilizing my collaborative nature, I work with internal and external stakeholders to efficiently distill project needs with business requirements to establish technical strategy and vision. Additionally, I excel at translating complex technical concepts into simple terminology; a key element in my collaborative approach with business, product, and design.

Passionate about the continued improvement of individuals I collaborate with and the products we undertake; I take a hands-on approach to coaching and motivating individuals resulting in high-performing technical teams that deliver excellent products.

My core expertise lies in the following areas:
* Team Leadership
* Coaching & Mentoring
* Relationship Development
* Cross-Functional Collaboration
* Program & Project Management
* Technical Product Roadmaps
* Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
* Test Driven Development (TDD)
* Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
* Software Architecture
* Google Cloud
* Amazon Web Services (AWS)
* Web Development
* Android Development
* Backend & Application Programming Interface (API) Development

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Brilliant.org
Jan 2023 – Present

### Software Engineering Manager @ The Elements Financial Planning System™
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Utah, United States
Elements is an early-stage startup where I recruited and led a small team through the delivery of the greenfield Android application. Working work product, sales, and design to ensure feature alignment and frequent progress updates and demonstrations. My achievements as Elements include:

• Unlocked business opportunities by ensuring the Android application launched on-schedule and in alignment with client and market needs
• Ensured responsive UI through the use of local data caching and incremental background sync processes using Room, WorkManager, and Apollo (GraphQL)
• Maintained a high level of quality through automated tests in isolated, multi-layer, features modules
• Guaranteed consistent application UI by building reusable component libraries for Jetpack Compose and Android Views

### Software Engineering Manager @ Medici Land Governance Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Midvale, Utah, United States
Medici Land Governance was an early-stage startup focused on land tenure security where I used my experience in backend services and mobile applications to lead teams through the definition and development of critical systems and services to support our international projects. This included defining technical direction, mentoring engineers, implementing metrics, and ensuring clear communication between divisions. My achievements at Medici Land Governance include:

• Secured the delivery of the first revenue generating product by gathering requirements, defining technical direction, and leading development of the full stack application
• Ensured rapid delivery of mission critical features on a tightly constrained team by utilizing comprehensive frameworks like Spring Boot and React
• Enhanced product reliability by employing container orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes to deploy distributed services in Google Cloud
• Improved performance of data-centric APIs to ensure smooth operation in regions with low-bandwidth

### Senior Software Engineer @ Medici Land Governance Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Midvale Utah
• Secured the delivery of the first revenue generating product by gathering requirements, defining technical direction, and leading development of the full stack application
• Ensured rapid delivery of mission critical features on a tightly constrained team by utilizing comprehensive frameworks like Spring Boot and React
• Enhanced product reliability by employing container orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes to deploy distributed services in Google Cloud
• Improved performance of data-centric APIs to ensure smooth operation in regions with low-bandwidth

### Senior Software Engineer @ Vivint Smart Home
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Lehi, Utah
In this position, I guided product and engineering teams to develop, implement, and maintain software that supported consistent media playback across mobile platforms. I directed technical projects and tracked processes throughout the SDLC to drive successful completion. I coached and mentored staff to optimize performance and productivity; driving continuous improvement. My achievements include:

• Increased developer productivity and cross-application consistency through the creation of shared video playback libraries for Android
• Streamlined concurrent development across teams by enhancing architectural patterns to promote feature isolation and clear responsibilities
• Elevated customer satisfaction through comprehensive training of customer success representatives and diligent resolution of system defects in Go and Kotlin

### Software Engineer @ RAIN
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | American Fork, Utah
While at Rain I recruited and trained mobile developers to create resilient Android applications and solutions, partnering with technical stakeholders to develop processes to improve delivery timeline. I steered project planning, goal setting, architecture, requirements gathering, and gap analysis to ensure accurate project delivery. My achievements include:

• Accelerated delivery of media playback functionality across a suite of Android applications through the creation of shared libraries
• Ensured long-term application stability with the adoption of modern frameworks and architectural patterns
• Proactively engaged clients to establish clear understanding and alignment on Android application features and delivery timelines

### Software Engineer @ LANDesk Software
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | South Jordan Utah
In this capacity, I led a technical team accountable for the design and implementation of scalable test automation tools for iOS and Android applications. I collaborated with global teams to design application architecture and deliver industry-leading device management solutions. My achievements include:

• Delivered industry-leading device management solutions by collaborating with global teams on the development of AngularJS, Java, and C# applications
• Increased iOS and Android application stability with the development of UI test automation frameworks
• Modernized the IT service management platform from an on-premise monolith to a cloud microservice SaaS offering using Java, Spring, and Hibernate
• Reduced customer downtime by enhancing the stability of legacy C++ desktop and mobile applications


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of Utah
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bwernick

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Last updated: 2026-03-22