Charles Reitz
Senior Software Engineer at Chime
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharles Reitz is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building full-stack and mobile applications, currently driving product and engineering work at Chime in San Francisco. A former co-founder and CTO of consumer apps, he brings strong iOS/Swift expertise alongside Python, TypeScript, Java, and React/React Native to ship user-facing products and backend data pipelines. His background includes leading iOS development at Charlie Finance and building eventing and performance-focused systems at IBM Tealeaf, demonstrating comfort across client, server, and data layers. Charles holds a Master’s in Computer Software Engineering from USC and a BS in Computer Science & Engineering from Ohio State, blending formal training with startup grit. Notably, his early work spans robotics and automotive research, reflecting a longstanding appetite for systems-level problem solving beyond conventional app development. He balances entrepreneurial instincts with production-scale engineering, preferring to engage when the product and team fit are right.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science & Engineering at The Ohio State University
English, German, French
Github Skills (86)
scanner10
camera10
android-library10
ibeacon10
barcodes9
instagram9
uiviewcontroller9
touchid9
snapchat9
tcp-protocol9
ibm-watson9
alpha-vantage9
aws-sdk-ios9
amazon-web-services9
cordova-ios9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
creitz/MarioGame
Jul 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push in 9 months
openxc/diagnostic-tool
May 2014 - Aug 2014
Contributions:298 commits in 2 months
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