Simon Johnson
About Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson is a Principal Software Engineer at TomTom, with extensive experience in software engineering and architecture across various companies.
Current Role at TomTom
Simon Johnson holds the position of Principal Software Engineer at TomTom since 2019. Based in Manchester, United Kingdom and Amsterdam, Netherlands, he serves on the Technical Leadership Team. His responsibilities include leading the design and orchestration of feature implementation across multiple delivery teams. Additionally, Simon evaluates technology choices, is involved in recruitment and team formation, and acts as a solutions architect for major automotive OEMs.
Previous Experience at TomTom
Simon previously worked at TomTom as a Consultant Software Engineer from 2012 to 2018. During his tenure in the Amsterdam Area, Netherlands, he co-founded and co-authored proposals for next generation navigation greenfield projects. His role involved prototyping and enabling large scale development of new navigation features.
Software Engineering Experience
Simon Johnson has accumulated extensive experience over his career. He served as a Consultant Software Engineer at Calrec Audio Ltd from 2010 to 2012 in Yorkshire and at Sony Ericsson from 2005 to 2009 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Before these roles, he was a Senior Software Engineer at Geoworks in Cheshire from 1999 to 2005 and a Test Software Engineer at NatWest Corporate in 1998 and at LabSystems from 1996 to 1998.
Background as a Software Architect
Simon co-founded Cinche Ltd in 2009, where he worked as Software Architect & Engineer until 2019 in Manchester, United Kingdom. During this decade, he gained substantial experience in full stack architecture and development, particularly in technologies like Android and iOS client apps, Kotlin, Java, and Objective-C. His work also involved scalable web services utilizing Spring/WebFlux, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, and Protocol Buffers.
Education in Physics
Simon Johnson obtained a degree in Physics with a 2:1 from the University of Warwick, where he studied from 1992 to 1995. His early career included a role at the University of Warwick as a Fortran Programmer for one month in 1994.