Summary
Christopher Deflumeri is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building reliable, scalable systems across industries from travel to healthcare and media. He combines deep hands-on engineering (AWS, EKS, React, GraphQL) with people leadership—hiring, mentoring, and guiding teams to deliver high-quality, production-grade software and medical device platforms. Christopher pairs technical depth with business acumen from an MBA, helping shape product and operational strategy while executing complex infrastructure migrations and real-time measurement tools. He’s comfortable in both startup and large-company environments, having led platform teams at TripAdvisor and product squads at Hudl and PathAI. Currently balancing professional consulting with family life as a Principal Stay-at-Home Dad, he remains available for evaluations and short-term projects until he returns to full-time work. A pragmatic problem-solver, he even tracks non-GitHub work on GitLab, signaling a preference for purposeful contribution over public repo vanity.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Saint John's High School