# Chris Boston

> Full stack senior software engineer with strong product sense and a passion for user experience. University of Michigan graduate. Particularly interested in mission-driven organizations with a tangible social impact.

Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chrisboston

I'm a software engineer developing full-stack (70% front end) web solutions for bleeding edge analytics and fintech products. I'm a language and platform agnostic programmer with a deep appreciation for mission-driven and socially progressive #techforgood organizations.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ april
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### R&D Software Engineer @ Sisense
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York
• Create full-stack (70% front-end) web solutions with TypeScript and JSX within functional React framework.
• Develop and drive release of the new cutting-edge, business-critical product Sisense Notebooks, designed as a code-centric experience for data analytics and business intelligence customers.
• Integrate front-end client with robust Apollo GraphQL endpoint in Node.js engine, complete with MongoDB database.

### Software Engineer @ Leidos
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Develop full-stack web solutions in a rigorous Agile environment for the FAA’s air traffic control automation system, using a sharded MongoDB backend, Flask-enabled Python web servers, and compartmentalized JavaScript UIs.
• Design, create, and support families of robust interactive dashboards dynamically visualizing trends in national flight data, using React.js components for a flexible, crisp, and responsive UI that satisfies or exceeds client specifications.
• Take ownership of complex technical projects from inception to release, overseeing scoping requirements, system design, implementation, documentation, unit testing, and launch.
• Effectively communicate technical details with non-technical audiences to determine requirements, track progress, and lead collaboration between developers, systems engineering, and various FAA client stakeholders.
• Independently rebuild legacy web pages from Perl and static HTML to modern, hierarchical Python and Jinja templates.
• Advise team on system architecture design for optimal code reliability, scaling, asynchronous efficiency, and elegance.
• Automate deployment and maintenance of distributed web applications with bash and Make scripts on Linux boxes.
• Construct RESTful APIs for both URL and AJAX requests, optimizing for smooth, functional data flow and clean code.
• Reinforce uniform and atomic system interaction with MongoDB relational database using Python class interfaces.
• Mentor summer interns with one-on-one shadow program; train new hires on team standards and methods.

### Salesforce.com Development Intern @ Ally Financial Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Detroit, Michigan
• Collaborate with Agile team releasing custom-designed Salesforce.com Apex web modules within Eclipse IDE.
• Spearhead code standardization projects for all Apex and Java code corporation-wide.

### IT Hosting Operations Intern @ ADP
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Re-design multiple corporate support webpages with HTML5/CSS3, in cooperation with various departments.
• Use RDP and SSH with to perform regular server software maintenance in an IT help desk environment.

### Laboratory Manager & Graphic Designer @ University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Formulate experiments to study and reduce implicit bias in the STEM workplace; lead meetings, mentor new hires.
• Become aware of my implicit biases so to combat their effects and endeavor to limit their influence on my perception.

### Area Director & Camp Counselor @ Boy Scouts of America - Northwoods Scout Reservation
Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 | Lupton, Michigan
• Teach scouting youths, manage metal shop and open forge. 
• Train and supervise two assistant counselors.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Michigan
Jan 2011 – Jan 2017

### Pre-Engineering
Charlotte High School
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bostonchrisb
- Website: https://www.chrisboston.info/
- GitHub: https://github.com/bostonc
- Website: https://angel.co/u/bostonchrisb

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Last updated: 2026-03-22