Johnny Domino
Founder & Creator
Software Engineer on an endless pursuit of something better
Making things since 1986 (walking since 1987)
Experience
2026 – Present
A reader built for the weight of the Word. Breathtaking typography, Sacred Pause, and on-device study support.
Nov 2025 – Present
Creator
Keep your MOVIES & TV in one place, with beautiful apps for Apple devices and the web.
Oct 2025 – Present
Creator
Pool chemistry made simple. Track readings, get instant guidance, maintain safe swimming conditions. Works offline, no account needed.
2025 – Present
Founder
Wabi Sabi Ware LLC
Building thoughtfully crafted apps and services.
2023 – 2025
Founding Engineer
Outerbase (Acquired by Cloudflare)
Built the client-side web app that was our product. Shepherded open-source projects and the NPM ecosystem. React and LitElement web components.
2022 – Present
Founder / Engineer / Designer
Medical applications maximizing clinical outcomes for patients suffering from severe depression and anxiety.
2021 – 2022
Principal Full-Stack Engineer
Built data acquisition tooling including web crawlers and scrapers. Orchestrated pods in Google Kubernetes Engine.
2014 – 2020
Lead Full-Stack Engineer
Heroku (Salesforce)
Built dashboard.heroku.com and status.heroku.com. Mentored engineers, worked on-call, authored engineering blog posts, represented Heroku at GitHub Universe and EmberConf.
2011 – 2014
Director of Architecture
Serving Costco, Ralph Lauren, Kroger, American Eagle, and 100+ brands. Managed a team of 10 engineers while contributing as an IC. Built web apps and services with Ember, Node.js, and iOS native.
2010 – 2011
Full-Stack Engineer
UPMC Technology Development Center
Led all R&D projects during tenure.
2010 – 2011
Lead Software Engineer
Chogger · Pittsburgh, PA
Built the Ruby on Rails backend for a comic strip creation platform. Contributed to the frontend Flex application.
May – June 2009
Cocoa Camper
Apple · Cupertino, CA
Selected for Apple University's experimental Cocoa Camp. Intensive training in iOS development taught by Apple engineers.
Summer 2008
Computer Science Co-Op
FAA Technical Center · Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Ported a C-based flight simulator to Java. Applied object-oriented design principles to improve code maintainability.
Summer 2006
Sales Associate
Victoria's Secret · Altoona, PA
Delivered customer-focused retail experiences.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. Computer Science
Minor in Multimedia Production
Skills & Tools
Philosophy
True beauty lies in simplicity—software in its most natural, essential form. Modest, authentic, and honest.