Christopher Aitken
Principal Software Engineer at Equalify
Apalachicola, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Aitken is a Principal Software Engineer with eight years of experience building serverless applications and cloud-native backends, primarily on AWS. He specializes in React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL, and increasingly designs custom AI integrations leveraging OpenAI GPT-4, Anthropic Claude, and AWS Bedrock. Based in Apalachicola, FL (previously active in New Orleans), he has led engineering efforts and shipped MVPs and production systems for fintech, sales productivity, and social trading platforms. Christopher balances hands-on implementation with advisory and open-source involvement, currently contributing to projects at 42 Macro, Equalify, and SwiftyNote. Known for turning complex integrations into pragmatic systems, he brings a business-facing BBA in Computer Science from the University of Florida to his technical leadership.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Computer Science, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Computer Science at University of Florida - Warrington College of BusinessHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Miami Palmetto Senior High School
Spanish, English
Github Skills (25)
homebridge10
simulate10
homekit10
node-red10
nodes10
outlet10
arduino-library9
servo8
tuya7
nodejs7
iot7
api7
siri7
arduino7
home-automation7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
caitken-com/MultiFunctionButton
Jun 2018 - Feb 2020
Arduino Multi-function button library
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 1 year 8 months
buttonarduino-libraryarduino
caitken-com/node-red-contrib-daikin-api
Apr 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch, 4 comments in 1 year 9 months
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