Chris Waddell
Senior Software Developer at Spare
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Waddell is a Senior Software Developer with over two decades of professional web development experience and a proven track record designing backend systems, tooling, and developer-friendly processes. Now at Spare after senior and staff roles at Course Hero and NuData Security/Mastercard, he blends hands-on engineering in TypeScript, Java, PHP, C#, Erlang and cloud-native AWS services with pragmatic system and database architecture. Known for spotting pain points and simplifying complex requirements, he pairs technical depth (including WebGL, serverless Lambda, DynamoDB, and CDK) with strong communication, mentoring, and UX-minded interface design. A self-taught programmer based in Vancouver, he consistently focuses on the big picture—shipping reliable, maintainable systems while improving team practices and developer productivity.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
None, Programming, None, Programming at Self-taught
Github Skills (87)
semantic10
javascript9
api9
converting9
ui-components9
monkey-patching9
barrage9
aws9
vuejs39
typescript9
vuetify9
vue-component9
vue9
neumorphism9
cil8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
chriswa/qwp
Jun 2021 - Jan 2025
Contributions:48 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
chriswa/chriswa.github.io
Jan 2020 - Feb 2022
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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