Chris Shultz
Senior Engineering Lead at uConnect
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Shultz is a product-minded senior engineering leader based in Portland with eight years of experience delivering reliable software across cloud and embedded domains. He combines hands-on full-stack development (JavaScript, PHP, React, Node, Python) with embedded C expertise, having shipped safety-critical firmware for industrial vehicles and holding a US patent. At Automattic he architected and launched the WooPay express checkout and led teams handling billions in payment volume, improving conversion metrics and cutting incident recovery time dramatically. He also contributed to the widely used WooCommerce project, improving admin UX and shipping integrations that support millions of installs. Known for turning customer problems into pragmatic long-term solutions, he pairs technical depth with cross-functional leadership and a knack for operationalizing observability and incident response.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science - Interactive Intelligence, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science - Interactive Intelligence at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Minor in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Minor in Computer Science at Oregon State University
Github Skills (7)
plugin-development10
wordpress10
woocommerce10
php10
javascript10
react10
ecommerce10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
woocommerce/woocommerce
Sep 2018 - Aug 2020
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the WooCommerce admin interface, focusing on the integration of features related to shipping labels and the WooCommerce Services plugin. They implemented UI changes, particularly in the benefits step of the profile wizard, and made updates to ensure the shipping label banner functions correctly, including compatibility with WooCommerce Services 1.24. Additionally, they fixed issues with plugin installation and activation flows. The user's work involves both front-end and back-end aspects, specifically touching upon UI elements and plugin integration.
ecommercecommercewordpressautomatticphp
c-shultz/jetpack
Mar 2018 - Jul 2018
Increase your traffic, view your stats, speed up your site, and protect yourself from hackers with Jetpack.
Contributions:51 pushes, 3 branches in 3 months
protectspeedjetpack-composeandroidjetpack
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