Chris Etheridge
Director Of Engineering at Cognician
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Etheridge is a Director of Engineering with 11 years of software development experience, recently promoted after nearly a decade at Cognician where he progressed from junior engineer to staff and now leads engineering. He combines full-stack expertise—Clojure/ClojureScript, Java, React, and AWS—with practical architecture and CI experience to ship and maintain coaching-focused web applications. Known for blending hands-on coding with people leadership, he shapes product-facing systems while mentoring teams to deliver reliable, testable software. Based in the Randstad, he brings a pragmatic approach grounded in a Diploma in Software Development and a track record of evolving responsibilities within a single product ecosystem. Beyond typical leadership duties, he has deep familiarity with both frontend and backend domains, enabling smoother technical decisions and cross-functional collaboration. His career demonstrates strong continuity and ownership, turning long-term product knowledge into architectural clarity and delivery momentum.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Pass High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Bachelors Pass High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Wynberg Boys High SchoolDiploma in Software Development Computer Software Engineering, Diploma in Software Development Computer Software Engineering at IIE Varsity College
English
Github Skills (152)
switcher10
lighttable10
application-launcher9
clojure9
babashka9
database9
hot-reload9
edn9
hiccup9
dmenu9
openai-whisper9
compilation9
visualization9
ide9
rum9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
chrisetheridge/lockscreen-magick
Sep 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:22 commits, 5 PRs, 16 pushes in 5 months
lockscreen
chrisetheridge/snake
Oct 2016 - Feb 2020
S3 access from Clojure.
Contributions:5 releases, 64 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 4 months
clojurebabashkaednaws
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