Christopher Hillbrand
Software Engineer at Stripe
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Hillbrand is a software engineer with nine years of experience building cloud-scale automation and infrastructure, currently at Stripe after a multi-year technical tenure at Microsoft focused on Azure automation and high-performance GPU/AI hardware deployment. He combines systems-level thinking with hands-on implementation—leading engineers, designing novel algorithms to integrate disparate systems, and owning on-call reliability for business-critical platforms. Christopher holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Washington and is pursuing advanced studies at Johns Hopkins, reflecting a strong academic foundation paired with production experience. His background includes AWS internship experience and full-stack internship work, and an early career shaped by operational roles (from restaurant manager to plumber) that honed his pragmatic, results-oriented approach. Notably, he has repeatedly moved between cross-cutting infrastructure problems and customer-facing scale challenges, making him adept at translating low-level technical work into measurable business impact.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of WashingtonMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Github Skills (49)
dotnet10
workload-automation10
benchmark9
monitoring9
ab-testing9
asp-net-core9
linux9
benchmarking9
csharp9
dotnet-core9
asp-net9
neovim-plugin8
obsidian8
nvim-cmp8
abstraction8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
cjhillbrand/VSA-Backend-2.1
Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
Updated Backend with goal to integrate with UI, DB, and API
Contributions:20 PRs, 49 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
apigoalupdatedbackendnodejs
cjhillbrand/dianthus
Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
A java virtual machine implementation in rust.
Contributions:2 reviews, 18 PRs, 55 pushes in 1 month
rustjavavirtual-machinejava-virtual-machine
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