Hello, I'm Christopher, a software engineer specializing in backend systems, cloud architecture, and high-performance web applications
About me
I'm Christopher, a Software Engineer in the New York metropolitan area focusing on backend systems, full-stack development, and cloud engineering. With a degree in Computer Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and experience at companies like Panasonic, UnitedHealth Group, and Centene, I've worked on everything from high-throughput APIs to large-scale microservices and deployment pipelines.
When I'm not building software, I'm usually playing video games, running, watching movies, or DJing. Lately, I've been learning how to produce house music.
My projects
Monkeytype
Contributed to an open source typing test website by implementing a quote based game mode and adding reactive keyboard layout visual
- TypeScript
- jQuery
- Firebase
Atlas
Atlas is an all-in-one discord bot with support for code execution, administrative commands, and lotteries.
- Node.js
- Discord.js
- MongoDB
WinTile
A cross-platform tiling window manager.
- Rust
- Windows API
- X11
My skills
- Go
- TypeScript
- Python
- C#
- Java
- SQL
- Node.js
- React
- Next.js
- Angular
- .NET
- AWS
- Azure
- MongoDB
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Git
- Bash
- PowerShell
- Kafka
My experience
Software Engineering Intern
Panasonic
Developed internal applications for configuring and debugging the Toughbook product line, improving diagnostic speed and reducing manual troubleshooting.
January 2020 - May 2021Graduated University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Earned a B.S. in Computer Science with Dean’s List honors.
May 2021Software Engineer
DMW&H
Rebuilt warehouse automation software into a modern MERN-based architecture and helped deploy systems supporting 40,000+ daily operations.
August 2021 - September 2022Software Engineer
UnitedHealth Group / Optum
Designed and developed an internal authentication API, migrated CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins to GitHub Actions, and led implementation of a Blue/Green deployment strategy using Helm.
September 2022 - January 2024Software Engineer II
Centene Corporation
Led the design of a secure, high-throughput messaging API, introduced Go as the blueprint for future microservices across teams, and built a real-time chat solution that increased member support interactions by 75%.
June 2024 - PresentContact me
You can reach me directly at chris@topher.ai or through this form.