Summary
Chris O'connor is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with 13 years of professional experience and a strong background in both front-end and back-end web development. He delivers production systems using a broad tech stack—JavaScript/Next.js, Node/Express, Ruby on Rails, Django—and is comfortable managing databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL as well as responsive UI design. Currently at Hearst Digital Media, he brings experience migrating major properties and maintaining large CMS platforms from prior work with Condé Nast, SunGard/FIS, and other enterprise clients. Trained as a painter with advanced art degrees, he combines a designer’s visual sensibility and traditional media skills with engineering rigor, which informs thoughtful UI and UX decisions. Equally at home on Mac, Windows, and Linux, he thrives in Agile teams and on cross-disciplinary projects that bridge design and code.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Painting, BFA, Painting at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
BA, Latin and Art History, BA, Latin and Art History at Indiana University Bloomington
MFA, Painting, MFA, Painting at New York Academy of Art