Chuck Hays
Staff Software Engineer Tech Lead at Google
Mound, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChuck Hays is a Staff Software Engineer and tech lead with 11+ years of experience building high-quality iOS video products and real-time communication systems at Google and Microsoft. He combines deep product and systems expertise—especially WebRTC and iOS client development—with entrepreneurial chops from co-founding ReconRobotics, which commercialized miniaturized robots used by military and rescue teams. A master’s-trained roboticist, Chuck is equally comfortable debugging low-level embedded C on constrained hardware and driving large-scale consumer apps like Google Meet and Duo. His open-source contributions to prominent WebRTC samples and appr.tc reflect a hands-on approach to improving developer-facing real-time video demos and UIs. Beyond software, he brings a maker’s mindset—robot combat, electronics builds and major home renovations—that fuels pragmatic problem solving and rapid prototyping. Based in Minnesota, he thrives on learning new technologies and turning curiosity into shipped products.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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Github Skills (11)
html10
css10
javascript10
user-interface10
webrtc10
ui-design8
wpf6
php6
windows-phone6
balsamiq6
xaml6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
webrtc/apprtc
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
appr.tc has been shutdown. Please use the Dockerfile to run your own test/dev instance.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 40 PRs, 18 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Chuck primarily worked on developing the front-end of the WebRTC reference application. Their contributions included adding the framework for a Chrome app, implementing the necessary HTML, JavaScript, and CSS files, and integrating functionality to generate random room IDs and establish connections. The user also made several UI-related updates, including adding buttons for controls, changing the layout and style of the UI components, and implementing features such as full screen toggling.
dockerfile
webrtc/samples
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
WebRTC Web demos and samples
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:42 commits, 34 PRs, 13 pushes in 23 days
Contributions summary:Chuck primarily worked on developing and maintaining the user interface of the WebRTC samples application. Their contributions focused on adding and modifying HTML, JavaScript, and CSS files to build a Chrome app framework and enhance the user experience. They implemented features such as a room selection page, video controls, and the display of real-time connection status. The user also updated dependencies and made code improvements to ensure the application's functionality.
webrtc
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