Chris J. Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, Us

• Led hands-on rebuild of TIME’s site with a team of six, launching a high-performance application with Next.js on Google Cloud and a new GraphQL API, scaling to 100k+ peak requests per second.• Aligned engineering with business strategy through data-driven proposals and close stakeholder collaboration.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and driving alignment on technical priorities.• Implemented PR-based preview environments and CI/CD optimizations, reducing deployment time by ~65% and QA cycles by ~25%.• Initiated a design system; established component architecture and documentation standards in Storybook and Figma.

New York, New York, Us

• Led client-side engineering across TIME sites, developing and maintaining the entire stack for TIME.com, serving ~20M monthly visitors.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to build internal tools for editors, producers, and readers, improving workflows and product quality.• Maintained the HTTP API consumed by our Node.js stack and third-party platforms built with a headless WordPress CMS backend.• Led or contributed to developing special projects like TIME 100 Most Influential People (2019, 2020), Guns in America (Emmy-nominated), and The Art of Optimism.• Led an initiative to enhance developer experience and productivity by delegating tasks to our engineers to update internal tooling, develop shared CI/CD workflows, and improve documentation.

New York, New York, Us

• Optimized Webpack configurations to enhance asset delivery and efficiently chunk lazy-loaded assets for better client-side performance.• Built the ad delivery framework for all TIME sites, integrating pre-bidding and improving display ad delivery time.• Built custom Brightcove video plugins for our player, enhancing features like recommendations, improved auto-play, and pre-roll ad support.• Built the teacher/student dashboard for the Time for Kids React app and mentored an intern responsible for building front-end features.

New York, Ny, Us

• Led development for The Drive and Extra Crispy, reaching 2M+ monthly visitors, and optimized AWS for performance and cost efficiency.• Contributed to standardizing content data formats for 20+ brands, enabling multi-platform syndication (Google AMP, Apple News, etc.)• Rebuilt MONEY’s 2018 Best Colleges Ranking web app using React/Redux and GraphQL, integrated with Elasticsearch.• Mentored junior developers and interns, guiding them in front-end feature development and fostering technical growth.

New York, Ny, Us

• Developed and maintained HTTP APIs for The Drive and Extra Crispy (now folded under MyRecipes), supporting both frontend and internal systems.• Developed and maintained the Node.js applications for The Drive and Extra Crispy with an in-house server-side rendering framework built with Dust.js and Stylus.• Facilitated The Drive's CMS migration, focusing on task management, redeveloping the API, and frontend adjustments.• Led monthly meetings discussing ways to create exciting and innovative storytelling experiences/features for The Drive and Extra Crispy.

New York, Ny, Us

I was a grader for the Interactive Computing (CSCI-UA.0380) course in Fall 2014, grading weekly programming assignments for 35 students. The assignments covered computer graphics and programming with hardware like Microsoft Kinect and Leap Motion to create unique games and user experiences.

New York, Ny, Us

I was a grader for an Introduction to Computer Science(CSCI-UA.0101) course, offered in the Spring 2014 semester. I graded weekly programming assignments from 25 students.