Kriss Watt
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Los Gatos, California, United States
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Top SchoolKriss Watt is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building resilient, product-focused web platforms and driving cross-functional collaboration from Los Gatos, CA. At Netflix he has led large personalization and UI consistency initiatives, launched high-impact player features, and established a 24/7 production support model that improved reliability during live events. Comfortable across frontend and backend stacks, he has modernized game launchers, built REST APIs, and implemented developer workflows and automated testing to increase velocity and reduce risk. A clear communicator and mentor, Kriss routinely chairs engineering processes and working groups to turn technical audits and proposals into measurable delivery outcomes. Notably, he combines hands-on implementation with organizational improvements—rewriting build systems, design-system integrations, and onboarding practices—to scale teams as well as code.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Internet Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Internet Technology at University of Portsmouth
English
Github Skills (20)
sanity9
guardian9
api8
firebase7
addon5
mozilla5
world-of-warcraft5
cms5
collections3
javascript3
snap3
svg-path2
canvas2
svg2
instant-messaging1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
voodoochild/rollup-plugin-i18n-csv
Feb 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
voodoochild/gw2-bountyhunter
May 2013 - Jun 2014
Contributions:12 commits in 1 year
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