Chris Wells
Software Architect at Nokia
Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States
Summary
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SeniorChris Wells is a Software Architect with two decades of experience designing and delivering web and application solutions for OEM PC manufacturers, ISPs, telcos, and enterprise clients. Currently at Nokia, he architects serverless AWS solutions, real-time event streams, and high-traffic single-page apps while leading teams through CI/CD and Kubernetes deployments. He combines broad hands-on fluency in more than 10 languages and multiple databases with strengths in requirements analysis and pragmatic system integration. Chris is an active open-source contributor—his front-end work on Prism.js improved developer-facing plugins and his FreeBSD container automation contributions show a practical bent for deployment tooling. Known for rapidly assimilating new information and clear communication, he frequently bridges business goals and technical tradeoffs to deliver operational, auditable results. Based in Lawrenceville, GA, he balances deep technical craft with experience across both product engineering and client-facing consulting.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (21)
javascript10
container10
deploying10
freebsd10
plugin-development10
bash10
automation10
html10
automations10
web-development10
syntax-highlighting10
command-line-interface9
template-engine9
templater9
css9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
BastilleBSD/bastille
May 2020 - Nov 2022
Bastille is an open-source system for automating deployment and management of containerized applications on FreeBSD.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:11 reviews, 29 commits, 26 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the automation and management of containerized applications on FreeBSD, which is the core function of this repository. They implemented `mount` and `umount` commands to manage volumes inside containers, demonstrating an understanding of container filesystem operations. Further contributions included enhancing template support for automated configuration, specifically adding `Bastillefile` support, and integrating template hooks with Bastille subcommands, indicating a focus on automation and deployment workflows.
containersbastillebastille-templatedevopsdeployment
PrismJS/prism
Nov 2015 - Mar 2018
Lightweight, robust, elegant syntax highlighting.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 53 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Chris contributed to the Prism.js repository by implementing and enhancing the "Command Line" and "Show Language" plugins. Their work included adding new features, such as allowing custom labels without language mappings, and improving existing functionality, such as removing the need for an "output" class and enabling output prefixing via the `data-filter-output` attribute. The user also addressed minor issues like fixing incorrect page titles and optimizing the code by deferring file highlighting.
highlightjshighlightingprismjsprismicsyntax-highlighting
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