# Chris Llaga > Software Engineer | Python, JavaScript, React | Built the AI Hackbot Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/chrisllaga πŸš€ Software Engineer | Building Scalable Solutions with a Human-Centric Approach πŸ“I'm a Boston-based software engineer with 5+ years of experience solving complex technical challenges and delivering impactful solutions across industries. Combining a strong foundation in full-stack development, APIs, and data engineering, I focus on building systems that are scalable, efficient, and user-friendly. πŸ”§ Core Skills Languages/Frameworks: Python, JavaScript, React, Django, Flask, Node.js Cloud & Databases: AWS, Google Cloud Platform, SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Docker Specialties: Full-stack development, CI/CD automation, system optimization, and data analysis πŸŽ–οΈ Key Achievements Clasp: Streamlined document processing and model-data relationships for over 46,000 users. Built thoughtful and modern frontend experiences increasing top of funnel throughput. SimSpace: Developed Python-based attack orchestrators and user emulation tools. Created scenarios that secured multi-million-dollar contracts from international clients. Draper Laboratory: Automated company-wide manufacturing tracking with React and Django, saving over 400 hours monthly. ⭐ I thrive on bridging the gap between technical innovation and real-world impact. Whether it's crafting RESTful APIs for seamless integrations, optimizing user workflows, or automating repetitive tasks, I approach challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset. πŸ’« Let’s connect to explore ideas and build something impactful together. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Abnormal AI Jan 2025 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Architect, design, build our Automated Threat Response engine - this engine is a key part of Detection Team’s strategy to scale in order to support 10X customer growth - Decompose, design and deploy our foundational components of our scaled scoring framework to feed and empower our threat response engine - Operationalize a highly autonomous and scalable threat Response engine for multiple datacenters and regions - Collaborate closely with Software Engineers, ML engineers, Data Scientists and Threat Analysts and correlate feedback to our detection strategy - Participate in Sprint planning, code reviews, standups, and other aspects of the software development life cycle ### Software Engineer @ Clasp Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Designed and optimized Django models to efficiently handle profiles and data relationships for over 46000 users. - Used Python to enable users to create applications, upload documents, track their progress, and view incoming financial statuses. - Created secure document upload pipelines, leveraging GCP cloud storage and encryption for sensitive financial documents. - Developed RESTful APIs in Django to facilitate data exchange with a JavaScript-based React frontend, enhancing user interaction. - Integrated financial APIs (Plaid/Stripe) for bank account verification and secure payment processing. - Automated data migration and validation using Python scripts, saving 10+ hours a week. - Built partner facing UI/UX to track their applicants with a Kanban board, email notification subscriptions, and comment system. - Enhanced frontend experience with website pages, new UX patterns, and reducing load times by 90%. - Updated and maintained the marketing site's Sanity based content management studio, saving $1000s in outside contract work. - Set up monitoring dashboards in Datadog and Sentry to proactively identify performance bottlenecks and errors. ### Data Science Engineer @ SimSpace Corporation Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Implemented MITREs ATT&CK matrix as scripts, achieving 100% code coverage of cyberattack tactics. - Developed interface in JavaScript to control malicious payloads for scenarios like ransomware attacks and antivirus evasion. - Led development of a Python attack orchestrator, facilitating communication between a malicious payload and a machine learning powered engine using RESTful APIs, achieving response times under 3 seconds. - Engineered pipelines for client data and generated performance reports, saving 60+ hours per event. - Improved user emulation code quality, leading to a 15% load time reduction and a 20% file size decrease. - Played a pivotal role in securing multi-million-dollar contracts from international entities by crafting exfiltration and ransomware attack scenarios and delivering compelling presentations. ### Software Engineer @ VocaliD Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Belmont, Massachusetts, United States β€’ Designed software automating voice perception survey creation, reducing design time by 80%. β€’ Analyzed data, identifying 10+ new voice-feature associations, resulting in more realistic voices. ### System Software Engineer @ Draper Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Cambridge, Massachusetts - Spearheaded full-stack development of a web app automating company-wide manufacturing tracking, utilizing JavaScript, React, and MongoDB, saving over 400 hours monthly. - Established API backends with Python (Django), doubling both developer and user efficiency. - Designed several automation tools, increasing team development speed by 20%. ### Economic Undergraduate Research Assistant @ University of Massachusetts Amherst Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Amherst, Massachusetts, United States - Created a database of 100+ countries and their exports between 1910 and the present day. - Collaborated with graduate students and professors to digitize colonial bookkeeping documents; wrote code to automate this process using R; facilitated the creation of a freely available academic database for those studying exports. - Presented the initial findings to the economics department. ### Marketing Analyst @ Amherst Innovative Living Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Amherst, MA - Analyzed a population of 600k residents using Hootsuite and other marketing tools. - Collected data from YouTube demographics; reported findings; executed newly-formed plans. - Served as the UMass Amherst brand ambassador; coordinated sponsorships between 5 clubs/teams. ### Freelance Information Technology Consultant @ Freelance, self-employed Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Greater Boston Area Installed multiple computer systems for private clients, setup point of sale system for Presidents' Cafe, evaluated network for Quincy Historical Society ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computational Mathematics and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst ### Korea University ### High School Diploma in Information Technology Quincy High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chrisllaga - Portfolio: https://llaga.xyz --- Source: https://flows.cv/chrisllaga JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/chrisllaga/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-28