Chris Erwin Email & Phone Number

Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Remote)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Remote)

Santa Monica, California, United States (Remote)

At Glo, a streaming platform for Yoga, Fitness, and Meditation classes, I held a pivotal role as a senior back-end engineer. I was responsible for the various backend services that power the platform - from the main RESTful API, databases, caching layers, to media transcoding pipelines, microservices, and third-party tool integrations.• Took the lead in architecting, scoping and implementing back-end services for major product features.• Proactively improved system stability by identifying and addressing critical platform performance issues• Conducted thorough evaluations of third-party tools and built proof-of-concept implementations to assess feasibility and find potential risks.• Successfully refactored and simplified the legacy billing system, enabling support for multiple payment providers and in-app purchase platforms. This instrumental move allowed the company to penetrate new markets and access additional revenue streams.

Co-founder and design/development lead for Elemeno, a Headless CMS product focused on delivering an exceptionally user-friendly application and a robust content delivery API designed for seamless integration across all platforms and devices.• Designed and built a multi-tenant infrastructure that optimized resource usage and minimized expenses.• Designed an intuitive drag-and-drop UI that empowered non-technical users to quickly create complex content schemas.• Developed a collection of client libraries in several languages to allow developers to conveniently interact with Elemeno's content APIs.

At Teehan+Lax, a world renowned UX design agency, I had the honor of being their first engineer. I helped make engineering a core discipline of the company, and helped build a respected team of engineers.• Worked on industry leading brands across a wide array of industries including Medium, Google, Bell, Air Miles, JPM Morgan, Corcoran Real Estate, and many others.- Worked closely with clients during design sprints to brainstorm solutions catered to their specific business and product requirements.- Collaborated closely with design teams to build highly polished front-end user experiences.

At Organic, a digital marketing agency, I was a member of the Daimler Chrysler team. My role primarily involved creating digital marketing campaigns for the Jeep, Dodge, and Chrysler brands.• Responsible for maintenance and optimizations for core brand websites.• Developed marketing microsites to support various advertising campaigns.• Became the subject matter expert for the in-house proprietary content management system.

Thirdcircle was a web development studio focused on designing and building communities, e-commerce, and custom business applications.