Chris Ngo
Software Engineer at YouTube
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Ngo is a pragmatic software engineer with 12 years of experience, currently building scalable systems at YouTube from his base in San Francisco. He has a strong backend focus—improving API reliability, optimizing database queries, and integrating third-party services like SendGrid and Stripe to streamline user-facing processes. Past roles at CampusBundle, Amazon, and UCSD show a pattern of reducing operational friction through automation and diagnostics, including a 70% reduction in time spent locating failing REST calls and database response improvements. Comfortable across cloud and on-prem services, he pairs C#, .NET, SQL, and diagnostic tooling with hands-on troubleshooting experience. Outside work he volunteers at the SF SPCA and enjoys walking his dog, reflecting practical empathy that carries into collaborative engineering.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San Diego
Stackoverflow
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Github contributions (4)
ctngo/StackoverflowUsersApp
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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