# Herald Chris Villarreal > Full Stack Software Engineer | Javascript | Node | Remix | React | Graphql Location: Austin, Texas, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/herald My passion is creating and hacking. I am interested in awesome software, start ups, entrepreneurship, and solving problems with the use of technology and software. My main objective is to grow as a software developer and engineer through meaningful experiences. Contact me so we can solve problems and make awesome software together. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ PayPal Jan 2022 – Present ### Senior Software Engineer @ Dosh Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Austin, Texas Area ### Software Engineer II @ PayPal Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 | Austin, Texas Area I work on the customer front facing PayPal website which is used by millions of users a day. Our main stack includes Node along with PayPal's Kraken suite (an express extension) and React. Projects I've focused on while working in PayPal Consumer web include the activities and transaction details section of the consumer PayPal website; mainly adding new ways for users to view and filter their transactions. I also worked on a service to centralize components used throughout the consumer applications on paypal.com (like our header/footer and other apps that reside on there) and various features and improvements in the settings portion of the PayPal site. I was also part of the two man engineering team that helped develop the GDPR features that were necessary to help make PayPal GDPR compliant by leveraging our service that we created to centralized globally used components. Previously I worked on the regional solutions engineering team for Latin America; projects include using PayPal’s Nemo framework (selenium-webdriver based automation) for creating functional tests for our Node.js Brazil merchant signup application as well as implementing new features and fixing defects. ### Software Developer @ First Cut Pro Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | 301 Chicon St Suite D, Austin, TX 78702 I am working to help develop a better way to collaborate and get feedback on video. I have helped developed a tablet friendly viewing room while also improving other front end aspects of the site such as the home page to make it look even sleeker and sexier. I am also developing other web applications that use video technology to help take video to the next level. The app(s) will be released through RollyPolly alongside FirstCutPro. ### Software Development Intern @ Telogis Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 I helped improve a location intelligence software platform that has a transformative effect on the way businesses optimize their mobile assets and critical data. I added features and fixed bugs on different tools such as our log viewer and helped automate API parameter creation by querying Telogis parameters and calculating parameter ranges and precisions. I worked mainly in C#. ### Participant @ 3 Day Startup Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 I participated in 3DS's spring 2013 event. Spent three days taking an idea from conception with other participants in an open room to a final pitch in front of current venture capitalists and investors. Gained experience in Lean Start-up, market validation, business development, and user experience design. Formed the start-up known as CaseWord with other participants. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science The University of Texas at Austin Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ### Associate's in Engineering South Texas College Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/christophior - Website: http://christophior.com - Website: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3848960/Resume.pdf - Website: https://www.coursera.org/user/i/c3ba2ef7838b3648f16e2d57086cb27e --- Source: https://flows.cv/herald JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/herald/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22