Chris Callahan
Software Engineer at Meta
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Callahan is a seasoned software engineer with 12 years of experience building products at scale for major tech platforms, currently at Meta after engineering roles at Instagram, YouTube/Google, and The New York Times. He combines senior back-end and front-end expertise—having led front-end teams earlier in his career—with a track record of shipping production services in large, fast-moving organizations. Chris studied computer science at Harvard Extension and sharpened hands‑on engineering skills at Flatiron School, bringing both formal and bootcamp training to complex system design. His background in languages and international experience (including teaching and translation work in China) gives him a pragmatic edge in cross-cultural collaboration and clear technical communication. He maintains a public presence via a technical blog and GitHub, signaling ongoing curiosity and commitment to craft beyond day‑to‑day shipping. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem solver who thrives at the intersection of product, performance, and user-facing polish.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA Economics; History, BA Economics; History at University of Wisconsin-MadisonForeign Exchange Semester Abroad, Foreign Exchange Semester Abroad at East China Normal UniversityNew York UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Harvard Extension SchoolRuby005, Ruby005 at The Flatiron School
Chinese
Github Skills (72)
streaming10
javascript10
http-live-streaming10
stream10
playback10
hls-stream10
video-streaming10
html5-video10
mse10
html5-audio10
mp410
player10
structured-data10
mediasource9
backend9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
scienceai/paper-textarea
Sep 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:28 commits, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
scienceai/paper-input
Sep 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:67 commits, 1 PR, 37 pushes in 8 months
react-componentreactreact-input
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