Chris Kazas

Software Engineer Entrepreneur

707-***-****

ad4yqd@r.postjobfree.com

San Francisco, CA

SUMMARY:

Founder, Motivator, Collaborator, Data Wrangler, Engineer. WORK EXPERIENCE:

- Collaborate and Coordinate with Design and Product Teams

- Wrote clean, efficient, and maintainable code in languages such as Ruby and Javascript to implement software solutions based on project requirements.

- Conducted code reviews and debugging to identify and resolve software defects and improve overall code quality.

- Built features that allowed data collection to perform analytics for downstream implementations.

- Design ownership handoff and transition plans for projects Software Engineer II Operations Experience (December 2023 - April 2024)

- Resolved Engineering issues surfaced by internal stakeholders through one off manual tasks and console writes

- Identify and track recurring product engineering issues in order to help prioritize resolutions based on current sprint planning and team bandwidth.

- Collaborated with teams of product engineers to identify and/or fix bugs or gaps within the product

- Collaborated with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Customer Support Engineers, Customer Success Teams and more to understand product behavior and identify bugs or gaps.

- Resolved Engineering issues surfaced by internal stakeholders through one off manual tasks and console writes

- Identify and track recurring product engineering issues in order to help prioritize resolutions based on current sprint planning and team bandwidth.

Software Engineer I (Product Reliability) Engineering Support (May 2022 - April 2023) Software Engineer II (Product Reliability) Engineering Support (April 2023 - December 2023) Checkr October 2021 - April 2024

HR tech, background check software leader Series E startup with 900 employees and $400M revenue

- Collaborate and Coordinate with Design, Product

- Wrote clean scalable code in Javascript/React

Founder & Software Engineer (July 2021 - Present)

Kopolo August 2021 - December 2023

Travel & Tourism

- Optimize machining production processes

- Write programs for 2 axis routers

- Accurately produced parts that met product requirements and blueprint specifications.

- Maintained CNC workflow processes: Concept Design Toolpaths Machining and Assembly.

- Ordered new tools and fabricated parts to repair machinery. CNC Programmer Furniture Shop (June 2018- July 2020) State of California June 2009 - December 2019

Chris Kazas

WORK EXPERIENCE (CONT):

EDUCATION:

Columbia University Computer Programming

- Python 3 & Django

- Negotiation

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

SDLC, Agile processes

API, web development. Influencing without direct

authority

Collaborating in complex cross-functional

initiatives

Developer productivity, Looker metrics

Jira admin, Confluence, Datadog, Sentry

Analytics: SQL, Snowflake, Looker

GitLab, CI/CD, test automation,

incident response

- Prototype new or improved components

- Optimize machining production processes

- Write programs for 3 Axis milling machine

- Maintained CNC workflow processes: Concept Design Toolpaths Machining and Assembly.

- Accurately produced parts that met product requirements and blueprint specifications.

- Ordered new tools and fabricated parts to repair machinery. CNC Programmier Metal Fabrication (January 2011 - March 2015) Volunteer:

Emergent Works Digital Literacy

- Mentoring individuals that want to build careers in IT Coastline Community College General Education

- Nutrition

- Exercise Science

Defy Ventures Entrepreneurship Training for Incarcerated Individuals

- Mentoring incarcerated individuals that wish to pursue entrepreneurship

- Provide job readiness, interview, resume coaching. Strive.org Disrupting The Cycles of Inequity With Careers in Tech

- Mentoring formerly incarcerated by helping them navigate technology and help them practice the soft skills necessary for successful careers in tech.

San Francisco Marin Food Bank Reducing Hunger in our communities

- Help to pack and distribute food for the less fortunate in my community

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