John Brinkman
Principal Scientist at Adobe Systems
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolJohn Brinkman is a Principal Scientist and software architect with three decades of experience building complex systems, from Unix/C GIS database work to leading form and PDF technologies at JetForm and Adobe. He transitioned from junior programmer to technical product manager and engineering manager, combining deep Oracle/C++ expertise with modern JavaScript and HTML5 form innovations. At Adobe he has been a driving force behind XFA and LiveCycle server work, bridging backend architecture and interactive client-side form behavior. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he pairs systems-level thinking with hands-on coding across C++, Java and JavaScript stacks. Based in Ottawa, he brings a rare mix of legacy systems knowledge and contemporary web form design to mission-critical document workflows.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc Computer Science, Bsc Computer Science at Calvin University
python
Github Skills (27)
json10
datetime10
expressions10
jsonpath10
spreadsheet10
grammar10
predicates10
filter10
query-language10
jmespath10
json-document10
localization7
react6
internationalization6
translation6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
adobe/dc-forms
Mar 2021 - Nov 2023
Contributions:7 PRs, 58 pushes in 2 years 8 months
adobe/json-formula
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
Query language for JSON documents
Contributions:38 reviews, 151 commits, 129 PRs in 1 year 8 months
json-documentquery-languagedatadatetimeexpressions
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.