Chris McDonald

Full-Stack Software Engineer | TypeScript, Node.js, React, Python, D3.js @ Crow Insight

About

(Ex-Disney, Ex-Hanwha)- Over 8 years of experience delivering companies 600% performance gains and optimizing DB storage by 40%.- Background in CGI and thrive working with design teams as a result.

Country

United States

City

Greater Orlando

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Microservices, Regression Testing, Datadog, Webpack, Jenkins, FastAPI, DigitalOcean, Express.js, Redis, Kubernetes, Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI), Linux, HTLM5 Canvas, Computer Vision, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), DevOps, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Vector Databases, MongoDB, MySQL

Experience

Full-Stack Software Engineer | TypeScript, Node.js, React, Python, D3.js

Crow Insight

2023-7 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

United States

- Led React rewrites of multiple U.S. Gov EPA’s water health dashboards. Architected secure multi-tenant platform with tiered authorization and CI/CD (D3, React, PostgreSQL, NodeJS, TypeScript, Ansible, NGINX). - Improved app loading time by 450% by developing an in-house image precompression tool designed specifically for our pipeline.

Senior Software Engineer | TypeScript, Node.js, React, Python

Simpli

2022-10 - 2024-11 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Orlando, Florida, United States

Led a tightly knit development team working on cloud video streaming solutions using ABR technology with HLS encoding. Primarily worked with AWS, Ansible, NodeJS, TypeScript, GraphQL, Python, and React.

Software Engineer | TypeScript, Node.js, React, D3.js, Python, React Native, Flutter

IUNU

2022-4 - 2022-10 · 7 mos

Seattle, Washington, United States

- Headed a project that allowed agricultural facilities to track crops and predict crop yield on a graphical canvas in real-time by aggregating data from computer-vision AI models. - Optimized GraphQL APIs used by real-time map canvas renders for users by up to 600%. - Developed and maintained Flutter and React Native mobile apps as well as microservices in Ruby on Rails, Python, and Node.js with React frontends in TypeScript.

Full-stack Software Engineer | PHP, Python, TypeScript, C#, Drupal, LLM, RAG, MongoDB

AdventHealth

2021-2 - 2022-4 · 1 yr 3 mos

Orlando, Florida, United States

- Optimized SQL database storage by over 40%. - Developed and maintained backend APIs in PHP, C#, and Drupal. - Managed Docker DevOps Azure pipelines using Python, and PowerShell. - Architected an AI system that surfaced critical regulatory gaps for the health policy team. (AI, LLM, RAG, TypeScript, MongoDB) | (Pilot project 2023)

CGI Technical Liason (Korean/English)

The Walt Disney Company

2021-8 - 2021-11 · 4 mos

London Area, United Kingdom

- Optimized production throughput by translating 3D system constraints (motion-tracking, frustum boundaries, occlusion) into precise physical directives for on-set talent. - Ensured data validity for the VFX pipeline by identifying edge cases in capture geometry with talent during live shoots, preventing expensive downstream rendering failures. - Leveraged prior experience as CGI Director to provide precise technical translation between VFX supervisors and principal cast, ensuring talent's concerns and directorial notes were technically actionable.

CGI Director | C++, Node.js, Three.js, Python, OpenGL, VEX, DevOps, Unreal Engine

Hanwha Group

2017 - 2020-9 · 3 yrs

Seoul, South Korea

- Led team to #1 in domestic exhibition sales (2017, 2019) for computer graphics at Hanwha Corp's 63 Building. - Designed 3D projection mapped large-scale visualizations in Houdini, Blender, and Unreal Engine (Python, C++, and VEX).