Summary
Chris Peterson is a Principal Engineer based in Seattle with over two decades of software experience and a strong track record in enterprise-scale back-end systems, cloud migration, and reliability engineering. An early .NET adopter and C# specialist since 2003, he complements deep language skills (C#, C/C++, T-SQL, Groovy, Ruby) with expertise in integration, data pipelines, and cryptography for secure systems. At Getty Images he owns eCommerce platform health—reducing latency, errors, and saturation—while mentoring senior engineers and shaping the platform roadmap. His background spans high-throughput archiving at Microsoft, embedded and biometric security work (smart cards, Java Card) at Privaris, and real-time navigation systems at Northrop Grumman, reflecting comfort with both low-level and distributed systems. He’s known for refactoring legacy code into maintainable architectures and for pragmatic process improvements that speed delivery without sacrificing reliability.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Virginia Tech
Spanish