Chris Hennick
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolChris Hennick is a Software Development Engineer II with 11 years of experience building reliable, performance-minded backend systems and client applications, currently based in Seattle and working at Amazon. He has a strong history at Google improving client-side logic for Google Assistant and shipping memory- and test-optimizations that earned peer recognition. His background spans Android and JVM apps, API integrations, tooling and deployment pipeline work, and security-minded reverse engineering—once exposing a DoS vulnerability on a client storefront using minimal cloud resources. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core functionality of GlowstoneMC, a notable open Minecraft server, focusing on biome, item, and entity systems. With a Master’s in applied modelling and a research background in performance-per-watt optimization, he blends rigorous academic insight with pragmatic engineering at scale.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelor of Science, Computing Systems, Computer Science Specialization, Honours Bachelor of Science, Computing Systems, Computer Science Specialization at Trent UniversityOntario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Don Mills Collegiate Institute
French
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Github Skills (18)
minecraft10
develop10
bukkit10
java10
javas10
server10
command-line9
api-design8
i18n-node7
i18n-js7
i18next7
compression6
maven6
optimization6
c996
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
GlowstoneMC/Glowstone
Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
A fast, customizable and compatible open source server for Minecraft: Java Edition
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:91 commits, 293 PRs, 328 pushes in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Chris's commits primarily involve merging and refactoring code related to the Minecraft server's core functionality. They made changes to biome handling and updates to the server's commands, including I18n support, and various other server components. The contributions include modifications to block types, item handling, and entity interactions. The user also worked on implementing keyed boss bars.
minecraftglowstonebukkitcustomizablemappings
zip-rs/zip2
Apr 2023 - Apr 2025
Zip implementation in Rust
Contributions:26 releases, 230 reviews, 299 PRs in 1 year 11 months
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