Chris Waddington
Senior Software Engineer (IBM Cloud)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolChris Waddington is a Senior Software Engineer at IBM Cloud with 13 years of experience building full‑stack and computer vision systems that move from research prototypes to production at scale. He blends low‑level C++ and computer vision expertise with pragmatic backend and cloud skills (Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Go, JS) to deliver measurable product impact—from improving paywall conversions to leading FinOps for a major PaaS. His background spans satellite remote‑sensing pipelines and video analytics, where he shipped highly optimized algorithms, drove test coverage to near 100%, and cut critical compute time by multiples while boosting accuracy. Comfortable across the stack, he also architects data pipelines, multi‑tenant services, and HA cloud deployments, leveraging PostGIS, GeoServer, AWS, and JWT‑based access control. He brings an engineer’s rigor from a MASc in Systems Design Engineering and a history of turning academic research into robust, real‑world systems. A continual learner, he pairs systems thinking with practical product focus, often surfacing efficiencies that aren’t obvious until measured.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Neuchâtel Junior CollegeBASc, Systems Design Engineering, BASc, Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (76)
react-native-components10
react-native10
react-native-paper10
react10
ios9
java9
android9
mobile9
druid8
database8
high-performance8
sql8
ibm-cloud8
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spark8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cwadding/foscam-ruby
Mar 2013 - May 2013
Contributions:31 commits in 2 months
cwadding/cullender
Apr 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:9 commits in 6 months
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