Summary
Christian Valdez is a Full Stack Engineer based in San Diego with 12 years of engineering experience and a 5+ year focus on product-driven SaaS development. He has delivered measurable improvements across backend and frontend stacks—reducing post failures by 80%, cutting image upload errors by 60%, and lowering hosting costs by 75% through pragmatic re-architecting and building in-house solutions. Proficient in Java, Scala, Python, TypeScript, React, Vue, Spring Boot, and cloud CI/CD, he combines API and microservice design with UX-minded frontend migrations from AngularJS to React. At Chatmeter he led integrations (Avvo), survey tooling enhanced with the OpenAI API, and operational ownership of high-impact projects; he now continues to drive product engineering at Lawmatics. Notably, his background includes modernizing legacy government systems at NAVFAC and automating secure deployments to AKS, reflecting a blend of enterprise rigor and startup velocity.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Grossmont High School
Computer Science, Computer Science at San Diego State University