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
21 Aug 2023 Article

Meet the speaker: Johnny Austin on the lies engineering managers tell themselves

Johnny Ray Austin
Johnny Ray Austin
Scott Carey
Scott Carey
2 mins
Space aliens are among us, your product roadmap is realistic, and other lies you believe
17 Dec 2022 Conference session

Space aliens are among us, your product roadmap is realistic, and other lies you believe

Johnny Ray Austin
Johnny Ray Austin
Mentoring your junior engineers
21 Jul 2021 Video

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Mentoring your junior engineers

Tanisha Barnett
Tanisha Barnett
Johnny Ray Austin
Johnny Ray Austin
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44 mins
The reward of growing junior engineers
11 May 2021 Article

The reward of growing junior engineers

Johnny Ray Austin
Johnny Ray Austin
7 mins