Chris Shepard

Chris Shepard

Chris Shepard

Software Engineer at KNOWiNK

Result-driven software engineer with a passion for problem solving and contributing to the software development lifecycle. My most recent position was on the frontend engineering team at Blockchains, a startup building powerful Web3 digital-identity based software.

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2025 — NowKNOWiNKSoftware Engineer

2025 — Now

New York, New York, United States

Ruby on Rails

TypeScript/React

Elixir

2024 — 2025KNOWiNKTechnical Specialist

2024 — 2025

New York, New York, United States

Managed election software for 109,000+ users in the Bronx

Tracked and supervised all NYC related Jira tickets

Wrote Python scripts and SQL queries to fulfill data requests from NYC

Built email notification service in AWS utilizing Lambda, SES, DynamoDB, Redshift

2023 — 2023Blockchains, Inc.Software Engineer - Frontend

2023 — 2023

Sparks, Nevada, United States

Worked efficiently with a team of developers to build full stack applications revolving around React and Next.JS framework

Implemented a complex API provided by backend team using REST API architecture

Revamped SCRUM ceremonies with an agile approach, improving team efficiency and collaboration for cross-functional projects

Took on UI-intensive features while working closely with design team

Developed toolkit platform for users to upload and mint NFTs

Created and maintained software documentation for cross-functional teams

2022 — 2023100DevsSoftware Engineer

2022 — 2023

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Collaborated with a team of developers to build modern and responsive web applications using best practices

Managed a backlog of technical debt for multiple repositories

Assisted multiple teams of 4-5 developers build MVPs and contributed to code review

Taught concepts in HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Applied agile methodologies like SCRUM for project management

2020 — 2022The TJX Companies, Inc.Human Resources Coordinator

2020 — 2022

TJX Corporate Headquarters - Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States

Managed LOA inbox and logged data on thousands of different cases

Assist HR Management with compliance and auditing of personnel files via Oracle

Provided administrative and technical support to the Human Resources department on a variety of other functions

Education

2016 — 2020

University of New Hampshire

Communication and Media Studies

2016 — 2020

2012 — 2016

The Bromfield School

2012 — 2016