Summary
Chris Gurba is a Senior Software Engineer based in New York with 11 years of full-stack experience building scalable, reliable platforms using Python, Ruby, Node/TypeScript, Java, and Kotlin/JVM. He’s worked across startups and larger enterprises—most recently at Chime after a multi-role tenure at C2FO—bringing hands-on expertise in event-sourcing, messaging, and devops practices. Chris has a strong background modernizing systems and integrations (from Django/Rails migrations to React front-ends and OpenStack/Chef deployments) and has repeatedly driven cleaner service boundaries and CI improvements. Known for mentoring engineers and leading small teams, he pairs practical architectural thinking with day-to-day coding, favoring solutions that improve observability and operational reliability. An underappreciated strength is his cross-domain integration work—SDKs and facade patterns that make complex clinical and financial data accessible to third parties.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Missouri-Kansas City