Summary
Chase Hartsell is a software engineer based in Seattle with seven years of programming experience and a BS in Computer Science from Rice University, concentrating in data analytics and embedded systems. He has shipped features at Google for Maps Street View and Firebase Authentication and currently works on Chrome Shopping & Commerce, blending front-end UI work with robust backend SDK design. His background spans web and mobile stacks (React Native, TypeScript, Node.js), systems programming in C and Java, and applied computer vision and ML from academic research. As a two-term tech lead for RiceApps, he has driven product-focused teams to deliver community-facing apps and translate stakeholder needs into MVPs. Chase also has hands-on teaching experience as a TA for operating systems and distributed programming, which sharpens his ability to explain complex systems and improve course content. He combines production-scale impact at Google with a maker’s curiosity—ten years of personal coding and interdisciplinary research experience that often surfaces in pragmatic tooling and integration solutions.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Rice University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Woodlands High School