Summary
Christopher Enriquez is a seasoned software engineering leader and founder with 15+ years of experience building products and teams across fintech, gaming, and enterprise operations. Currently VP and Director of Technology Engineering at Fifth Third Bank, he architects embedded financial services platforms and serves as a client solutions SME, leveraging deep experience from Rize where he designed core banking integrations, double-entry accounting, and card issuance systems. He founded Midnight Tangent Studios, shipping a top-rated mobile game and several open-source Python plugins that enabled real-time streamer interaction—an unusual blend of consumer product delivery and backend systems expertise. Christopher is skilled at scaling teams and processes (taking engineering from 5 to 20 and shifting to remote work), running technical diligence with investors, and translating complex requirements between technical and nontechnical stakeholders. With an Industrial Engineering degree from RPI and a background in cost/risk analysis at NAVSEA, he pairs analytical rigor with pragmatic engineering execution to deliver reliable, auditable systems.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
English, Spanish