Chris Hooker
Software Engineer at ClassDojo
California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Hooker is a software engineer with two decades of experience building web and database systems, currently focused on software craftsmanship and continuous improvement rather than any single technology. Based in California, he brings deep Microsoft-stack expertise (ASP.NET, .NET, SQL Server) together with practical front-end experience in Angular, Knockout, and React, and recent roles spanning machine learning and staff engineering. He has led teams and companies—running his own consultancy and acting as principal/lead engineer—instilling practices like automated testing, CI, and agile processes to raise delivery quality. Comfortable working with stakeholders from senior management to end users, he translates business needs into pragmatic, maintainable solutions. A cognitive science background from MIT underpins a data-informed approach to design and problem solving, and his career shows a pattern of moving from hands-on implementation into mentoring and architectural leadership. Chris’s focus on learning and sharing enduring best practices makes him a strong fit for teams aiming to modernize practices while keeping systems reliable.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Cognitive Science, BS, Cognitive Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBA, Classics, BA, Classics at Grand Valley State University
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Github Skills (31)
npm9
nodejs9
algolia7
trainer7
markdown7
react7
eagle7
sketchup7
documentation6
algolia-search6
redirect6
twine6
sql-server6
sql6
orchard-cms6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cjhooker/eote-dice-roller
May 2014 - Apr 2017
Contributions:137 commits, 13 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 11 months
cjhooker/ifjs
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:36 pushes, 4 branches in 1 month
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