Chris Watkins
Software Engineer II at Braze
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Watkins is a versatile Software Engineer II at Braze with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications and embedded systems across startups, finance, higher education, and law firms. Trained as an electrical engineer (BE, MS, PhD work at Vanderbilt), he blends systems architecture, ASIC/PCB design and radiation-effects research with hands-on backend and frontend engineering using C/C++, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Node.js, React, and cloud-native tooling. At Vanderbilt he brought semiconductor reliability and error-control expertise to practical testbeds, a perspective he now applies to resilient messaging systems on Braze’s Core Messaging team. Comfortable moving between hardware and software, he has a strong interest in neuromorphic computing, RF/microwave engineering, and cybersecurity that informs pragmatic, reliability-focused designs. Colleagues describe him as a lifelong learner who pursues technical depth while mentoring and advancing STEM education.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtDoctor of Philosophy - PhD (Not conferred) Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Not conferred) Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt UniversityHigh School Diploma General Studies, High School Diploma General Studies at El Dorado High School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (26)
braze10
user-feedback10
appboy9
mhealth9
fact-checking9
documentation8
open-source7
journal6
google-keep5
sec5
financial4
finance4
financial-data4
python4
tax4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
create-at-cooper/hackcooper
Sep 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 71 pushes in 1 year
reactpythoncooperinspiretomorrow
archwa/holdings
Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
Financial securities, SEC holdings analysis
Contributions:7 PRs, 132 pushes, 3 comments in 4 months
financialstock-marketpythonfinancial-datasecurities
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