Chad Hamre
Senior Staff Software Engineer, OTA at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolChad Hamre is a Senior Staff Software Engineer specializing in over-the-air (OTA) systems, currently leading OTA engineering at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies with a decade of hands-on experience. He combines product-minded engineering with a strong social-impact background—holding an MSc in Development Management and an MBA—that informs his focus on building technology that expands opportunity for underserved communities. His career spans startups and scale-ups, from founding SkuHarmony and Ethical Ocean to driving payments and infrastructure at Medium and Rivian, demonstrating an ability to ship complex systems across domains. Known for collaborative leadership, Chad excels at bridging product, engineering, and operational teams to deliver reliable, distributed software at vehicle scale. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he brings entrepreneurial grit and systems thinking to large automotive platforms while retaining a founder’s instincts for practical, user-centered solutions. Quietly human-focused (his GitHub bio simply reads "human"), he blends technical depth with a values-driven approach to engineering.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
London School of Economics and Political ScienceMBA, Master of Business Administration, MBA, Master of Business Administration at Queen's UniversityBSc, Mechanical Engineering, BSc, Mechanical Engineering at University of Saskatchewan
English, French, silozi
Stackoverflow
627reputation
91kreached
9answers
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Github Skills (88)
github9
git9
cjs8
google-maps8
react8
ios8
react-native8
react-modal8
android8
patch8
subversion7
shopify-api7
cross-platform7
wallet6
django6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
chadhamre/easyaspie-server
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:99 commits in 14 days
chadhamre/perfection
May 2019 - Oct 2021
Contributions:53 pushes, 1 branch, 3 tags in 2 years 4 months
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