Chris Desilva
Senior Software Engineer Team Lead at SchooLinks
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolChris Desilva is a Senior Software Engineer and team lead based in Chicago with eight years of professional experience and a strong focus on front-end development using React and React Native. After transitioning from an eight-year career in education, he leverages his pedagogical background to mentor teams and communicate complex technical concepts clearly. He has shipped features for high‑impact mobile apps (300k+ users), built sites with Gatsby and Next, and tests with Cypress while supporting DevOps on AWS, GCP, and Jenkins. Comfortable across the web ecosystem, he combines product-minded front-end craftsmanship with pragmatic cloud automation and performance optimization. Outside typical engineering work, he publishes developer content on his portfolio and YouTube channel, reflecting a commitment to teaching and community knowledge-sharing.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Github Skills (39)
pickup10
react-apollo10
javascript9
open-source9
react8
simulation8
gatsby8
apollo7
graphql7
html6
frontend6
hubspot6
apollo-client6
fastest6
typescript6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chrisdesilva/pickup
May 2019 - Jan 2020
App for finding nearby basketball courts for pickup games
Contributions:97 commits, 28 PRs, 85 pushes in 8 months
reactgamesnearby-basketball-courtsfindingpickup
chrisdesilva/my-next-park
Sep 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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