Chris Kankiewicz
Lead Software Engineer at BackgroundChecks.com
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolChris Kankiewicz is a Lead Software Engineer with 17 years of experience building and operating PHP-driven web platforms, currently leading engineering at BackgroundChecks.com/ClearChecks from Phoenix, AZ. He blends hands-on backend Laravel expertise with cloud and CI/CD practice—having delivered microservices on GKE, automated deployments with Travis/GitHub, and built OpenStack-backed infrastructure with SaltStack and Packer. Chris is equally comfortable shaping user experience, contributing frontend improvements and responsive UI work to open-source projects like DirectoryLister. A practical systems thinker, he has a track record of rearchitecting databases, creating identity integrations (Okta libraries), and stabilizing business-critical applications. Outside work he’s a Linux enthusiast, avid gamer and coffee aficionado, and balances technical depth with family life as a dedicated husband and father of two.
17 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Network and Communication Management, Bachelor's Degree, Network and Communication Management at DeVry University Phoenix, AZHigh School, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, High School, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES at Shadow Mountain High School
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Github Skills (13)
css10
tailwind10
user-interface10
tailwindcss10
front-end-development10
javascript8
html6
ajax6
compatibility6
internet-explorer6
php6
multiple-browsers6
jquery6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
DirectoryLister/DirectoryLister
Nov 2010 - Dec 2022
📂 Directory Lister is the easiest way to expose the contents of any web-accessible folder for browsing and sharing.
Role in this project:
Frontend Developer
Frontend DeveloperContributions:53 releases, 26 reviews, 1040 commits in 12 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Chris's commits primarily focused on front-end development, refactoring the directory listing's styles and implementing UI enhancements. Their work involved migrating the directory-lister folder to resources, restyling pages, and integrating CSS files, demonstrating a focus on the visual presentation and user interface of the application. Further improvements were made to include a file info modal with file hashes and improved responsiveness across different screen widths.
directory-listeraccessiblelisterdirectory-browserphp
PHLAK/lifx-client
Feb 2017 - Oct 2020
PHP client library for the LIFX API (v1)
Contributions:4 releases, 45 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 8 months
api-clientapilifx-apiguzzlehttpphp-client
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