Mitchell Johnson

Software Engineer I

Dream-Driven, and Passionate Software Engineer

Full-stack Software Engineer with 2+ years building and supporting mission-critical tools at Blue Origin. I’ve led complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives across backend and frontend systems from technical design through delivery. I thrive in fast-paced and collaborative environments with a track record of unblocking teams, improving workflows, and mentoring others. I want to grow into roles where I contribute to large-scale systems, tackle challenging performance and debug problems with products that impact users at global scale.

Software Engineer II

Blue Origin

Enterprise Software Engineer I

  • Owned and delivered two strategic milestones, including a full-stack initiative spanning four engineering teams. Led technical design, cross-team coordination, stakeholder alignment, and implementation planning for a highly requested feature supporting mechanical engineering workflows.
  • Built and shipped a Chrome extension during a company-wide hackathon, integrating in-house AI models to enable seamless access within engineers’ browsers. The tool was adopted across the company and accelerated developer workflows.
  • Acted as team “scrummer”, launching a lightweight pre-sprint planning process that cut 30 minutes from each sprint planning session. Improved team efficiency and reduced planning overhead for engineers and TPMs.
  • Onboarded two new hires as a designated “Blue Guide,” helping them ramp up on team workflows, tools, and codebase over their first two weeks.
  • On-call lead and go-to resource within the team, frequently consulted by peers for debugging, architecture guidance, and unblock support.
  • Temporarily embedded with another team for six weeks to help spin up a new backend service, selected for prior experience and trusted cross-team relationships.

Jun 2022 - Present | Kent, WA

Computer Science Tutor

University of Washington QSC

Computer Science Tutor



- Tutor a highly diverse student body on computer science fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.

    Tutor
  • Reinforce solid understanding and grasp on core computer science topics like data structures, algorithms and software engineering.
  • Created strong interpersonal and leadership skills through the interaction with many students of diverse backgrounds.
  • Leveraged knowledge in C++, Java, Python, Software Engineering, Data Structures & Algorithms

Jan 2021 - Jun 2022 | Bothell, WA

Software Developer Intern

W.A.V.E.S (Workshop for Avida-Ed Suite)

Software Developer Intern



- Improved the digital evolution experiment module in MABE2, a core part of Avida-Ed.

    Developer
  • Streamlined digital evolution research process by decreasing the number of steps involved in experiment setup and creation by 60%.
  • Designed and implemented base abstract classes for genomes, brains, and organisms reducing custom experiment implementation time by 50%.
  • Leveraged knowledge in C++, Git, Evolutionary Biology, Python

June 2021 - Aug 2021 | MSU, MI (remote)

Software Developer Intern

Tippt Co.

Software Developer Intern



- Helped develop and launch progressive web application that allows users to rate and review restaurants in New York city based on their sustainability choices.

    Developer
  • Implemented photo uploads and user authentication using AWS and Passport.js respectively in a React progressive web app.
  • Designed UML and user-story diagrams of entire application before development started which streamlined the development process. UML emphasized modularity of React components, and provided good documentation for future developers.
  • Leveraged knowledge in Full Stack Web development, React, JavaScript, Git, Chrome Developer Tools

June 2020 - September 2020 | New York, NY

    React Native Finance Tracker
  • Allows users to report, delete, filter, and summarize transactions with customizable categories.
  • Created a REST API with Express.js that talks to a web hosted MySQL database on AWS.
    Utilized
  • Full Stack Web Development, Javascript, CSS, React Native JSX, Node.js

React Native Finance Tracker

IOS App that allows users to report, delete, filter, and summarize transactions with customizable categories.

    Electron Orbital Simulator
  • Developed Unity program that generates cartesian point6 representations/simulations different orbital shapes of hydrogen-like atoms.
  • Implemented Monte Carlo distribution sampler in C# to aid the generation of different orbital shapes.
  • Documenting my development process on YouTube - youtube.com/channel/UCOtgpuwv-usepYzEspPQ8ng.
    Utilized
  • C#, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, Matlab

Electron Orbital Simulator

Unity program that simulates electron orbitals in cartesian coordinates.

    Investing Bot + Strategy Backtester
  • Designed and developed an investment algorithm that analyzes market data in real time to buy and sell stocks.
  • Created investment backtester that tests a given algorithm on 5+ years of historical data with any amount of symbols, giving a report of how the algorithm performed at the end.
    Utilized
  • Python, Data Structure & Algorithms, Alpaca API and broker

Investing Bot + Strategy Backtester

Stock investment bot and stategy backtester built using Alpaca API.

    Rimor in Space
  • Collaboratively developed free-to-play 2-D space shooter using Unity.
  • Made for final project in a game development class at my university.
    Utilized
  • Unity, C#, Data Structures & Algorithms

Rimor in Space

Space-themed 2-D top-down shooter made with Unity.

    Archer
  • Developed archery simulator in Unity using vector math to detect collisions rather than colliders.
  • Made for final project in a 3D graphics class at my university.
    Utilized
  • Unity, C#, Data Structures & Algorithms

Archer

Archery simulator made from scratch in Unity.

Proficient

Languages:

C++
Java
JavaScript
Python

Tools:

MySQL
MongoDB
Node.js
React.js
Git

Beginner

Languages:

C Sharp
jQuery
SASS
CSS3
HTML5

Tools:

Bootstrap
Heroku
Express.js

University of Washington Bothell

Bachelor of Science

  • Computer Science and Software Engineering

    • Minor

  • Neuroscience

    • Sep 2019 - Jun 2022 | Bothell, WA

    University of Washington Full Stack Bootcamp

    - Gained real world practice and experience in front-end and server-side development and deployment

      Technical Program Manager
    • Coordinated teams of 4 focusing on Agile Development and mobile first methodology to successfully deploy 3 large web applications
    • Assigned tasks to team members based on their strengths to keep team morale strong and improve group efficiency by posting daily tasks to our team Kanban
    • Oversaw all pull/push and merge requests to repository which streamlined and improved group performance by preventing loss of valuable work and time
      Developer
    • Designed responsive and lightweight CSS3 framework that allowed my team to deploy Minimal Viable Product quickly and easily
    • Established solid understanding of front end and server-side technologies including MERN Stack, MySQL and AJAX allowing me to excel in every aspect of deployment
    • Created custom server APIs using Node.js, allowing front-end applications to have unique functionality

    Sep 2019 - May 2020 | Bellevue, WA