# Chris Hodges

> Lead Software Engineer at Audacy

Location: Atlanta Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chrishodges

Lead developer at Audacy for Ad Sales Technology and data. Recruit with memes and I'll respond.

Go, C#, Big Query, MySql, PHP, TypeScript, DataDog, Snowflake, Kubernetes, AWS, GCF

## Work Experience
### Lead Software Engineer @ Audacy, Inc.
Jan 2023 – Present
* Design BigQuery pipelines into Snowflake (156 TB)
* Write and maintain ad reconciliation pipeline.
* Develop Adhoc reporting solution for ad delivery
* Architect podcast ad delivery confirmation
* Optimize queries on big data

### Senior Software Engineer @ Audacy, Inc.
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

### Lead Software Engineer @ Warner Bros. Discovery
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
•	Lead team of 10 engineers to develop, maintain, and support 100 .Net/C# Server-Side Applications (REST, WCF, SignalR), 3 desktop applications (WPF), and 1 web application (REACT) grossing $4 billion revenue annually.
•	Observe AGILE Scrum ceremonies alongside the Product and QA to build consistent sprints through detailed project timelines.
•	Architect migration strategy to OKTA Security from custom authorization suite for Ad Sales Platform.
•	Lead interdepartmental support meetings during critical production outages and conduct postmortem meetings.
•	Develop tools to validate code migration requests and verify their deployment.
•	Implement warning systems to manage by exception through internal tooling and cloud-based solutions (Slack, Logz.io).
•	Meet with Executive Leadership to discuss integrating 40 legacy Warner Media networks into the Discovery technology stack.

### Expert Software Developer @ Warner Bros. Discovery
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
•	Mentor developers through paired programming and code reviews.
•	Develop APIs for internal and external teams across the Media Content Supply Chain
•	Implement transaction auditing (Mongo/C#) for environment-agnostic testing and troubleshooting.
•	Design and develop solution for Linear Addressability to allow personalized ad delivery in linear media streams.
•	Consolidate common classes into Nuget packages to eliminate 15 years to technical debt.
•	Integrate 13 global networks onto the ad sales platform; develop minutage reports to adhere to international compliance regulations.

### Advanced Software Developer @ Warner Bros. Discovery
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021
•	Refactor legacy code for playlist generation with IoC frameworks to encourage test driven development.
•	Automate Ad Sales reconciliation process to verify the playout status of scheduled spots for accurate invoicing.
•	Integrate playout vendor’s APIs (Mediator) into Live Log to allow for near-live schedule adjustments.

### Senior Software Integration Engineer @ Izenda
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
•	Lead 90 global organizations through product integration (ad hoc report tool) via daily SCRUMs and ad hoc meetings.
•	Support core application's React/Bootstrap 3/Highcharts Front End, C# .Net API, and database types (MySQL, SQL, Postgres, Oracle).
•	Develop custom ad-hoc reports and consult on ETL data transformation for intelligent reporting.
•	Integrate flagship product into client applications (React, Angular, Aurelia, Vue; Python Flask/Django, MVC 5, Webforms).

### Software Integration Engineer @ Izenda
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
•	Write integration guide that reduced time to market from 8 months to 2 months for all clients.
•	Create documentation product that allowed clients to white-label and rebrand documentation for their customers (Sphinx).


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
University of Georgia
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/echodges

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Last updated: 2026-03-29