Summary
Zachary Johnson is a multidisciplinary lead creative developer and founder with 17 years of experience designing and shipping human-centric interactive experiences across games, mobile, and the web. He runs Zachstronaut LLC and combines deep Unity/C# expertise with full-stack JavaScript, real-time networking, and front-end innovation to deliver playable products and prototypes that scale from indie releases to console launches. His credits include leading multiplayer networking for console titles, a #1 iOS app, and touring a successful indie studio through Switch and Steam releases—skills that blend hands-on engineering, UX judgment, and production leadership. Known for turning HTML5/JS experiments into polished game features and tooling, he also authors technical demos and open-source libraries that attracted a large readership and developer audience. Based in Minneapolis, he’s equally comfortable coordinating publishers and QA as he is optimizing low-latency network systems or building custom CMS and automation tools.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University College London