Chris Fry

Director of Engineering

San Francisco, California, United States23 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven leader in engineering for streaming services.
Expert in resolving technical blockers for product stability.
Strong advocate for team empowerment and continuous improvement.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Streaming Services with a focus on engineering and product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentAgile Methodologies

Other Skills

C++Distributed SystemsWeb ApplicationsSoftware Project ManagementCC#Software EngineeringScrum.NETVisual StudioWeb ServicesPersonal Styling

About

Leader with a sharp focus on shipping high-quality products through effective teamwork and planning. Deeply understands the trade-offs and decisions that need to be made to keep a product stable and keep innovating. High technical acuity when it comes to understanding specific problems getting in the way of shipping a product. Able to make hard decisions quickly and can help the team work through blockers to keep making progress. Current work revolves around the highly talented teams that bring Netflix playback to millions of members. Believes strongly in helping the team find the tools needed to accomplish their goals and continuously improve.

Experience

23 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

12 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Netflix

5 roles

Director of Engineering, Playback

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs

I lead the teams responsible for all playback on Netflix, starting from the backend requests down to Android, iOS, TV, and Web.
The amazing engineers in these teams focus relentlessly on improving the experience of members once they hit play.

C++Software DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesDistributed SystemsWeb ApplicationsSoftware Project Management

Director of Engineering, Players & Partnerships

Dec 2022 – Aug 2023 · 8 mos

Director of Engineering, Mobile Platforms

Sep 2020 – Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Director of Engineering, iOS Platform

Promoted

Mar 2018 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Engineering Manager - iOS Platform

Dec 2013 – Mar 2018 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Manage engineering efforts for iOS/tvOS streaming.

Ericsson

Software Engineer V (managing same team)

Sep 2013 – Dec 2013 · 3 mos

Due to acquisition of Mediaroom from Microsoft

Microsoft

3 roles

Principal Development Lead

Mar 2013 – Sep 2013 · 6 mos

Managed all development activities of set top boxes on Microsoft's IPTV solution, Mediaroom. This was used by a number of operators including AT&T for U-verse.