# Christopher Zito

> Backend Software Engineer | 10+ Years of Experience | Expert in Designing High-Performance Cloud Applications | Proficient in AWS, Kubernetes, Scala, & Golang

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/christopherzito

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer 2 @ Domino Data Lab
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
Individual contributor on the compute team, responsible for a platform which managed arbitrary containerized workloads across multiple Kubernetes clusters.
Developed a Scala Play service responsible for managing Kubernetes resources in a cluster for a remote user. 
Implemented mechanisms to securely bootstrap and authenticate services and users across Kubernetes clusters.
Delivered a Scala Play service response for simultaneously managing thousands of arbitrary workloads.
Architected a strategy to migrate user data, such as input datasets and generated results, out of internally hosted systems, limiting liability while maintaining functionality using Kubernetes Secrets and cloud storage i.e. S3.
Ensured product quality analyzing telemetry data with tools such as APM error tracking, automated alerting, customized service dashboards and more with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic.
Triaged and debugged live customer outages 
Go, Scala, Java, Typescript, Helm, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDb, RabbitMq, Postgres, Keycloak, Play!, Http4S, Swagger, Terraform, React, Twirl, EKS, VPC, EC2

### Senior Software Engineer @ Fevo
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Greater Denver Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Xactly Corp
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Greater Denver Area
Currently writing functional micro-services with Scala, Spring, Docker, and AWS

### Software Engineer @ LIFETIME FITNESS
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Greater Denver Area
My role at Lifetime Fitness required me to lead myself and my teammates to provide real time software solutions to the marathon timing industry. Recent projects include: 
- Social media site backend via real-time stream processing pipelines built with Flink, Kafka, Scala, Docker, GraphQL, and more 
- Multi-platform Scala/React desktop application 
- Legacy Hardware/Software support in C# 

Beyond development, I am responsible for ensuring the success of offshore teammates, running regular Agile ceremonies, interviewing incoming candidates, and mentoring colleagues.

### Software Engineer @ Harris Corporation
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Rochester, NY
- Embedded object oriented C++ development of QNX based military handheld radios
- Led development of new internationalization feature
- Coordinated with product management to continually align requirements to customer needs
- Created python utility to automate upgrade/downgrade compatibility testing among firmware revisions

### Investigative Systems Co-op @ Assured Information Security, Inc.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
- Coded basic Windows kernel drivers
- Investigated malware characteristics through research and implementation
- Learned the fundamentals of the Windows internal structure
- Extended utility to analyze scans of volatile images for indicators of malware

### Information Services Intern @ AWS Truepower, LLC
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
- Trained to code in PHP, HTML, SQL, CSS, and JavaScript
- Developed a web-based time entry application which allowed payroll department to accurately pay employees
- Assured quality of project through rigorous testing and debugging


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Engineering with a minor in Mathematics
Clarkson University
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22