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Christopher Salam

Christopher Salam

Sr. Software Engineer

Berkeley, California
(760) 953-2322
English, Spanish

Background


About

About

Berkeley, CA.

Always open to better site reliability, backend, or full-stack engineering roles.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Sr. Software EngineerByte

    March 2023 - Present

    Integrations Team. (Typescript, Azure, Shopify, Salesforce)

    • Migrated Authentication system from Express API to Function based Application (Azure)

    • Updated pipelines to use latest npm packages, correct out of date testing suites, typescript.

    • Created Timed and Queue based transfer to lower cost cloud storage

  • Sr. Software EngineerTwitter

    May, 2020 - November 20222 year 8 months

    Customer Experience Applications Team. (React, Java, Scala)

    Integrated DSP with primary partner MoPub & deprecated 12+ other partnerships post acquisition.

    • Oncall for recent Twitter Brand Safety emergency, backfilled 14,000 at-risk accounts

    • Externalized (Deprecated older domains, migrated existing ads tools, upgraded security) for 20 tools across the Twitter Ads ecosystem, helped other teams externalize their tools.

    • Was on call for recent Twitter Brand Safety emergency, backfilled 14,000 clients live ads

    • Built Campaign Line Item Budget Features: Optimization, Bulk Editing, Validation Rules

      • Optimization Project lead to 8% improvement for Twitter Advertisers

      • Bulk Editing to ease manipulation / replication of campaigns

    • Migrated older routing/hosting systems, live transitioned to serverless ads

    • Developed API to support uploading, building & serving 3rd party playables

    • Researched versioning approach that would reduce repository count for ad library

  • Sr. Software EngineerCrossInstall

    Jun, 2017 - May, 20202 years 11 months

    Creatives Team. Fullstack Data analytics and interaction metrics from playable advertisements (Javascript, Python)

    • Resolving capacity / memory issues on build/ad servers to prevent failure /restore service

    • Automated & piloted Model building system for Performance Advertising platform

    • Maintained internal build & deploy tool (Node, Gulp, PHP Symphony) for 4000+ ad library

    • Built customer facing dashboard & API integrating permissions across partners / clients

    • Architected ad build structure: SQL schema, Redis queues, Crontab, Bash, PHP, & Gulps

    • Integrated w/ Google, Vungle, Facebook, Unity, Chartboost, Tapjoy, Adcolony SDKs

    • Utilized headless browser (Puppeteer, Nightmare) test simulating live ad environments

  • Software EngineerZiploop

    Jan, 2016 - Jun, 20171 year 7 months

    Startup. Retail Loyalty. (Javascript, Cordova Android/iOS, AWS)

    • Migrated iOS (UIWebView to WKWebView), eCommerce platforms API integration

    • Custom API Accessed contacts & other mobile features via Cordova in iOS/Android SDKs

  • Software Engineer, Freelance

    Jul, 2014 - Dec, 20151 year 5 months

    Various e-commerce clients (Ruby, Javascript, Python)

    • Continue to consult and work on bugsfixes for on-going commerce and single-page applications

    • Worked with designer and other developers remotely and developed project management skills

  • Chemical EngineerRCM International

    Apr, 2013 - Oct, 20141 year 5 months

    Biogas Production, Filtration

    • Managed on-site construction of anaerobic digesters, oversaw team (4) laborers/electricians

    • Developed prototype hybrid gas upgrader with $1M budget over five projects as technical lead.

  • Petroleum EngineerDepartment of Conservation

    Dec, 2011 - Aug, 20131 year 8 months

Skills

Skills

  • Full Stack
    TypescriptNodeExpressReact PythoniOS - SwiftEmberBackbone SEOCSSSeleniumNightmareReactTestingLibraryRegExp
  • Database & Site Reliability
    AzureAWSScalaMEAN/MERN GCPRoute 53Git SubtreeSplunkNodePythonRuby/RailsSQLGraphQLThrift
  • Bridge Technologies & APIs
    Cordova/PhonegapAWS EC2CrosswalkElectronYoutube API AWS ELB - Elastic Load BalancerAWS LambdaGmail APIReact Native
  • Packages, Build Systems, & Testing
    yarnnpmGulpGruntBower LinuxHomebrewjspmXcodeSplunk Phabricator Arc
Education

Education

  • Software Engineering, JavaScript Immersive, Telegraph Academy

    Jun, 2015 - Sep, 2015

  • Biological Systems Engineering, Master's, University of California Davis

    Sep, 2009 - Jan, 2011

  • Environmental Engineering, Bachelor's, University of California Riverside

    Sep, 2003 - Jun, 2007

Publications

Publications

  • Investigation of Poultry Waste for Anaerobic Digestion , University of California Davis

    Published on: Jan 14, 2011

    Investigation of Turkey Waste for Mesophilic and Thermophilic Digestion.

  • Zero Waste Biodiesel , Environmental Protection Agency

    Published on: Aug 31, 2007

    Zero Waste Biodiesel tested organic wastes with biodiesel waste to create fuel pellets for use in cold climates.

  • Honorable Mention, N.S.F. (National Science Foundation)

    Awarded on: Nov 01, 2008

Volunteer Work

About Me

  • Board Member for Spokeland

    Jan, 2012 - Present

    Nonprofit Co-op, we teach and empower people to repair their own bicycles.

  • During college, I owned a party bus and I worked as a freelance mechanic while living at the Domes.