Christopher Heiser
Senior Software Engineer at Carvana
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Heiser is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building web and AI-driven systems, currently advancing LLM integrations and production AI at Carvana. He combines hands-on Python and GCP AI/ML work with full-stack web skills honed through roles developing Flask/Node.js apps and enterprise tools using C#, ASP.NET, and SQL. At Northern Arizona University he helped create domain-specific data tooling for paleoclimate researchers, demonstrating an ability to translate scientific needs into reliable software and user-facing web services. His background includes porting legacy workflows to modern platforms and improving customer-facing AI assistants, showing strength in pragmatic modernization and UX-aware engineering. Based in the Denver area, he pairs a B.S. in Computer Science with applied experience in analytics, automation, and operationalizing LLM features at scale. A detail that sets him apart: he’s moved between academia, manufacturing, and consumer-facing teams, giving him a rare mix of research, enterprise, and product-focused perspectives.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at Primavera Online High SchoolAssociate in General Studies with High Distinction Administration of Justice, Associate in General Studies with High Distinction Administration of Justice at Glendale Community CollegeBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Northern Arizona UniversityGreenway High School
English
Stackoverflow
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5kreached
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Github Skills (12)
matlab10
manipulation9
biodiversity9
meta-analysis9
python8
reproducible-research7
asp-net6
validation6
checkbox6
datasets3
dashboard2
javascript1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nickmckay/LiPD-utilities
Jan 2016 - May 2022
Input/output and manipulation utilities for LiPD files in Matlab, R and Python
Contributions:2 releases, 405 commits, 3 PRs in 6 years 5 months
manipulationinput-outputpythonmatlabr-and-python
chrismheiser/chrismheiser.github.io
Jan 2015 - Oct 2022
Contributions:69 pushes in 7 years 10 months
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