Christopher Hafke
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Hafke is a software engineer with 8 years of experience focused on AI/ML, specializing in generative AI and operationalizing ML and LLMs at scale. Currently an SDE II on Amazon’s Classification and Policy Platform, he has progressed through internships and junior roles into production-facing AI systems. His background blends rigorous computer science training from the University of Michigan with hands-on engineering across full-stack stacks—React front ends, Go APIs, and MySQL—gained during early internships. He excels at turning research-grade models into reliable, large-scale services that meet strict policy and classification requirements. Based in Seattle, he brings a pragmatic approach to complex ML deployment challenges and a history of teaching and mentoring that sharpens his ability to communicate technical tradeoffs. An often-overlooked strength is his proven track record of shipping both user-facing interfaces and backend infrastructure, giving him a rare end-to-end perspective on ML products.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of MichiganHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at East Kentwood High School
Latin, English
Github Skills (30)
javascript10
react-native10
storybook10
testing10
typescript10
vite10
web-components10
webpack10
vue10
html10
svelte10
react10
documentation10
angular10
ui-components9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
michiganhackers/class-review-backend
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:16 PRs, 24 pushes, 15 branches in 5 months
michiganhackers/class-review-frontend
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
The frontend for the new class review website!
Contributions:8 PRs, 12 pushes, 6 branches in 4 months
reactreviewfrontendnextjsreview-website
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