Summary
Chris Soper is a Lead Software Engineer with 11 years of experience designing and shipping scalable, data-driven systems across advertising, materials research, and custom software services. He currently architects and leads a cross-disciplinary team building a next-gen channel and investment planning platform used by over 1,500 active users in 85+ countries to plan thousands of ad campaigns monthly. Comfortable with Python, JavaScript, QA, and data science workflows, he blends hands-on implementation with stakeholder-facing design, documentation, and handoffs for complex calculation models. His background includes deploying scientific modeling and analytics at Corning and running a custom-software consultancy focused on secure deployments and compliance, reflecting both research-grade rigor and practical production operations. Known for automating workflows and improving operational efficiency, he often surfaces non-obvious gains by translating legacy systems and manual processes into maintainable, auditable tooling.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at Utica University
High School, High School at Southside High School
Mathematics, Mathematics at Elmira College