Chris Novak
Software Engineer at Google
Solana Beach, California, United States
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Top SchoolChris Novak is a software engineer and engineering manager with 11+ years of experience building and scaling products at Google and Apigee, grounded in a BS in Computer Science from UW–Madison. He specializes in SDLC management, technical leadership, and aligning engineering practices with business goals, having led multi-team deliveries and enterprise initiatives across startups and large organizations. Known for reducing risk and improving predictable delivery timelines, he pairs hands-on development with strategy—having managed offshore and in-house teams and implemented enterprise systems that cut costs and defects. Based in Solana Beach, CA, he brings a practical, people-first approach to coaching teams and instilling agile best practices. Outside of work he balances software craftsmanship with family life, cooking, and surfing, reflecting a pragmatic, well-rounded mindset that helps him solve problems creatively.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Stackoverflow
579reputation
168kreached
10answers
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apache
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Github Skills (117)
difference10
api-platform10
api-client10
swagger10
oas10
apigee10
php-library10
rest-api10
openapi10
composer10
client-library10
pantheon10
project-structure10
swagger-ui10
api10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
apigee/edge-php-sdk
May 2017 - Aug 2019
SDK for the Apigee Management API
Contributions:12 releases, 33 commits, 76 PRs in 2 years 3 months
apiapigeesdkapi-management
cnovak/apigee-edge-drupal
May 2018 - Apr 2020
The Apigee Edge module enables you to integrate a Drupal 8 with Apigee Edge.
Contributions:5 PRs, 100 pushes, 90 branches in 1 year 11 months
apigeephpapigee-edgeedgedrupal
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