About

John Brian Kirby is an experienced software engineer, project manager, and proposal writer with 16 years of experience in designing, implementing, deploying, scaling, and maintaining web and standalone applications. He is currently working as a Staff Software Engineer at Flux, where he is responsible for the backend design and engineering of the API's, DB schemas, and third-party integrations that make Flux tick. His top priorities for the Flux backend are reliability, maintainability, and scalability. John is a full-stack contributor with ownership of and primary focus on the backend design and engineering of the API's, DB schemas, and third-party integrations that make Flux tick. John is a collaborator and technical leader who strives to identify and encourage opportunities for growth, learning, and distribution of silo'd understanding whenever possible. He believes that the best-engineered systems are built by teams that prioritize open communication and mutual support, and that foster a culture which acknowledges the inevitability of individual failures while striving for collective excellence. In the past, John has worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Mosaic and as a Lead Backend Engineer at Rotunda Software. At Mosaic, he was responsible for full-stack development of a critical partner-facing application built on ReactJS, GraphQL, and Play as a member of the Experience Engineering team. At Rotunda Software, he owned the architecture, DB schema design, public and private REST API design, and ES6 implementation of the backend infrastructure on Mobilized from inception through product launch. John has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree and a Bachelor's Degree in Cognitive Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He has a strong technical background in software engineering, backend development, web development, ReactJS, Scala, Javascript, and infrastructure. John has 19.28 years of relevant experience in the industry.