Chris Willard
Software Engineer Lead at Paylocity
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Summary
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SeniorChris Willard is a seasoned software engineering lead based in Colorado Springs with 11 years of professional experience building web, mobile, and desktop systems. He has progressed from hands-on development to leading engineering teams at Paylocity, combining domain-driven design and integration expertise with pragmatic full-stack implementation. His background spans enterprise SaaS, cloud-centric e-commerce, cross-platform mobile apps, and complex integrations for accounting and reporting systems, often owning architecture and technology decisions end-to-end. A rapid learner and strong communicator, he regularly bridges technical design with client and stakeholder needs. Notably, he has repeatedly delivered scalable solutions using Microsoft stacks (C#, ASP.NET, Entity Framework) while also shipping JavaScript-driven mobile and web experiences. He brings an entrepreneurial mindset from earlier work running a development/support business, which informs his operational focus on reliable production systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (111)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
thatguychrisw/netlify-serverless-express-api
Aug 2019 - May 2022
A Serverless API template for Netlify
Contributions:25 commits, 16 PRs, 24 pushes in 2 years 8 months
apiserverlessapi-templateserverless-apinetlify
thatguychrisw/readme
May 2020 - Nov 2021
My leadership operating manual and what you can expect working with me
Contributions:21 PRs, 35 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
leadership-readmemanualoperatingmanager-read
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