Clay Christmas

Senior Software Engineer

Atlanta, Georgia, United States16 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led migration of flagship app to React Native.
  • Streamlined experimentation processes across teams.
  • Reduced database CPU usage from 100% to 5%.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Software Engineer with expertise in SaaS and cloud-based solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsSoftware InfrastructureTypescriptReact.jsJavaReact NativeJavascriptAsp.netC#

Other Skills

Go (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)Node.jsgRPCMapboxPostGISPostgreSQLHTMLRuby on RailsMongoDBSplunkLeadershipGraphQLCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Experience

16 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr
Current Experience

Netflix

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2025Present · 1 yr · Remote · Remote

Distributed SystemsSoftware InfrastructureGo (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)

Cruise

Staff Software Engineer

May 2023May 2025 · 2 yrs · Remote · Remote

  • Tech lead on the map production team. This was a fullstack team creating maps for AVs using technologies such as TypeScript, Python, React, NodeJS, gRPC, Mapbox, PostGIS, and Shapely.
TypeScriptReact.jsNode.jsPython (Programming Language)gRPCMapbox+2

Realtor.com

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Oct 2021Jun 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Remote · Remote

  • Led numerous fullstack R&D projects on a team of 8 engineers to enhance the customer personalization experience.
  • Streamlined the experimentation process by leading a cross team standardization initiative.
  • Worked on core strategic technical initiative group responsible for creating the organization’s micro frontend architecture. I developed POCs and led code and process standardization efforts for how the organization shares code across its complex frontend system.
  • Rearchitected a legacy microservice responsible for sharing functionality into a new event-driven nodeJS serverless API, significantly cutting cost and improving performance.
  • Collaborated with other tech leads on a core team to roadmap and rearchitect our authentication and registration services which serve millions of requests for tens of millions of users.
  • Participated in various standardization and mentoring efforts.
  • Tuned a PostGres SQL database and reduced CPU usage from 100% to 5%.
  • Guided a team that was runner-up in an internal company hackathon.
HTMLReact.jsJavaRuby on RailsMongoDBSplunk+11

Weatherbug

Principal Software Engineer

Dec 2017Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Remote · Remote

  • Directed frontend JavaScript technical projects, practices, technology choices, and standardization efforts.
  • Mentored 20+ team members on JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and React Native.
  • Key driver and implementer in the initiative to migrate the organization’s flagship 8 million daily active user mobile application to React Native.
  • Key driver and tech lead in the effort to migrate the organization’s web application from AngularJS and ASP.NET MVC to React.
  • Established the team’s highly performant cross-platform JavaScript libraries such as the redux-based data layer and common react map components, which were used across the entire frontend.
  • Increased ad revenue on the website by creating the new core ad auction system with PrebidJS.
  • Significantly improved app React Native initial load time, network and battery utilization, and overall performance.
  • Implemented weather maps screen in React Native with performant animations and multilayer support.
HTMLReact NativeASP.NET CoreASP.NETReact.jsiOS Development+12

Frontpoint

Senior Software Developer

Aug 2014Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Mclean · Remote

  • Developed a new warehouse web app that streamlined order fulfillment by wirelessly programming alarm systems.
  • Migrated multiple legacy sales and customer support web apps to a new tech stack.
  • Mentored other team members in AngularJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Redux, and C#.
HTMLASP.NETC#LeadershipCascading Style Sheets (CSS)JavaScript+5

Vector airport systems, llc

Lead Software Developer

Nov 2011Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Herndon, VA · Hybrid

  • Built the tech organization from a team of 1 to 4; led a team of 3 developers and a hardware technician.
  • Created a service that used mathematical algorithms to analyze trends in aircraft positional data points to derive aircraft activities at airports.
  • Implemented a complex Google Maps-based web application for searching and analyzing aircraft flight track data to enforce noise compliance at client airports.
  • Responsible for system up time on all servers and products for the entire company.
  • Helped design, build, deploy, and maintain field data collection modules using COTS components.
ASP.NETASP.NET Web FormsC#LeadershipJavaScriptSQL+3

Filo, llc

Software Developer

May 2010Nov 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos · Arlington, VA · On-site

  • Created an MVVM WPF app and web services for a tablet-based system.
  • Enhanced and maintained large web apps involving complex custom components.
  • Involved in the design and creation of a custom database synchronization service that would synchronize large amounts of data across databases in various client locations.
  • Migrated a large legacy ASP.NET application into two solutions to support client reorganization.
  • Co-ordinated the effort to migrate from Visual SourceSafe to Mercurial and distributed revision control.
HTMLASP.NETASP.NET Web FormsModel-View-Controller (MVC)C#Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)+6

Vector airport solutions

Junior Software Developer

Jun 2009May 2010 · 11 mos · Chantilly, VA · On-site

  • Implemented and maintained new features on numerous ASP.NET web applications.
  • Created new observability modules for maintaining the status of data collection systems.
  • Implemented performance improvements on services responsible for data transmission from the company’s distributed data collection systems to the centralized hub for processing.
  • Assembled and maintained custom air traffic imaging hardware systems.
ASP.NETASP.NET Web FormsC#Web ServicesjQueryAngularJS+1

Education

Old Dominion University

Bachelor of Science (BS) (Incomplete) — Computer Science

Jan 2013Jan 2015

Northern Virginia Community College

Associate of Science (A.S.) — Computer Science

Freedom High School

Jan 2007Jan 2008

Dominion High School

Jan 2004Jan 2007

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