Johnny Ray Austin
Johnny is an experienced engineering leader focused on shipping world-class products. He has built and led high-performing, globally-distributed engineering teams and is a strong advocate for engineering operational excellence. Johnny is also an international public speaker on engineering leadership, system design, and the JavaScript programming language.
Johnny served as Chief Technology Officer for Till, a company that built financial products to help renters pay, stay and thrive in their homes. After Best Egg acquired Till in late 2022, he transitioned to Best Egg’s Head of Technology for Flexible Rent, where he continues to scale the flexible rent platform to service many more users.
Meet the speaker: Johnny Austin on the lies engineering managers tell themselves
Ahead of his talk at LeadingEng West Coast in October, Best Egg’s Johnny Austin talks us through the biggest lies engineering managers tell themselves.
Space aliens are among us, your product roadmap is realistic, and other lies you believe
In this talk, I'll help you establish focus, cut through metrics that don't matter, and sharpen your team's execution so that you can meet your business goals.
Mentoring your junior engineers
Train your engineers to be the next leaders in your organization.
The reward of growing junior engineers
How to develop and invest in your early-career teammates.
