Summary
Chris Athanas is a senior software engineer based in Austin with 12+ years of hands-on experience specializing in Android and Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) cross-platform development. He combines deep mobile engineering skills with architecture design, full-stack JavaScript/Node.js work, and a track record of delivering niche, custom solutions for small to mid-sized businesses. Chris has led projects across product, marketing, legal and operations teams to ship award-winning imaging and media software as well as modern health, social and political tech apps, and currently builds robotics control UIs in Compose. Beyond code, he brings business development, eCommerce and IP experience to product decisions, helping turn technical work into profitable, user-focused products. Notably, his background spans Mac image-processing plugins that earned industry awards through to contemporary KMP conversions, showing a rare continuity from low-level media processing to modern cross-platform mobile architectures.
12 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Completed Android Application Development, Completed Android Application Development at The Delta Program
University of California, San Diego
University of Texas at San Antonio
Studied Computer Science, Studied Computer Science at Clairmont College
Advanced Software Development, Advanced Software Development at Hack Reactor
Studied Computer Science, Studied Computer Science at Montgomery College