Work Experience
Senior Software Developer
Lululemon
- Drove core development of a high-impact AWS → commercetools inventory migration, replacing a legacy vendor system and enabling > $100M in annual revenue; onboarded mid-stream to deliver critical features under tight deadlines.
- Engineered scalable, event-driven catalog pipelines (S3 → NuOrder API) with DynamoDB, automating product data orchestration and streamlining merchant and buyer workflows.
- Owned integration, testing, and operations, collaborating with commercetools and NuOrder teams, leading UAT programs, providing on-call support, and executing after-hours deployments to ensure reliability and continuous delivery.
UKG
- Primary technical designer for microservices-based, asynchronous, event-driven workflow automation software.
- Focused on enabling internal teams to develop low code solutions by leveraging automation ecosystem.
- Mentored team members in creating efficient, maintainable, readable and robust technical designs and implementations.
Software Developer
UKG
- Spearheaded automation solution for US Tax processes, from inception to implementation.
- Successfully delivered the project, resulting in annual cost savings exceeding $300,000.
- Collaborated with teams across the organization, ensuring seamless integration across internal APIs and external products.
Projects
Camunda Message Streaming
- Developed an open-source library to facilitate seamless integration of Camunda workflow engine with messaging solutions.
- Showcased at Camunda UnConference 2021 to more than 50 engaged Camunda developers.
chrisflanagan.me
- Created a Node.js webapp to host professional content.
- Hosted via alias from a Heroku web server.
Education
Bachelors of Computer Science - University of Waterloo
