Christopher Harty
Forward Deployed Engineer at Pryon
Fair Lawn, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Harty is a Forward Deployed Engineer with over two decades in computer technology and 12 years of focused software engineering experience building scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and data platforms. He has delivered production-grade services at companies from startups to IBM Research and Google contractors, specializing in Python, Kubernetes/OpenShift, big-data tooling (Spark, Hive), and automated deployments. Christopher pairs hands-on architecture and ops (Ansible, Docker, AWS) with research interests in quantum computing, blockchain/cryptocurrency, and Rust, bridging cutting-edge concepts with practical, mission-driven solutions. He has repeatedly modernized legacy stacks—migrating and scaling critical services, search engines, and high-volume transaction systems—while also designing multi-environment CI/CD and monitoring pipelines. Based in Fair Lawn, NJ, he combines systems-level rigor with a curiosity-driven approach that surfaces non-obvious efficiencies across orchestration, analytics, and distributed systems.
12 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science; Minor in Math and Anthropology, 3.3, BS, Computer Science; Minor in Math and Anthropology, 3.3 at Hofstra UniversityAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, 3.6, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, 3.6 at Farmingdale State College
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
ascii1011/AsciiEXM
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:9 commits in 1 day
ascii1011/tiny_analytics_demo
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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