Hello world! My name is
Christopher Haas.
I like to build things.
I am a Software Engineer with 5 years of experience in full-stack development across enterprise and startup environments. Currently optimizing high-traffic systems handling millions of transactions for the configuration of L4 networking products, with a passion for building scalable, high-performance solutions.
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0 BIO
Hello! My name is Chris, and I am a Software Development Engineer on the Network Load Balancing Control Plane team at Amazon Web Services! As an SDE, I work to deliver features and system improvements to the NLB product! I graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a dual degree in Information Systems and Civil & Environmental Engineering with a minor in Business Administration. In my free time, I am a tech consultant and founding member of Old Salt Coffee Company, which has been in operation since September 2020.
If I'm not in my office, you can find me at a rock climbing gym, on a hike, or at a local coffee shop working on various projects. I love the outdoors and try to get out as much as possible. That involves anything from snowboarding to scuba diving, and anywhere in between.
Currently, these are some of my daily languages:
- Java
- Python
- Ruby
- Liquid
- HTML & (S)CSS
- Javascript
- SQL
1 BACKGROUND
- SWE II
- SWE I
- OSCC
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Software Engineer II @ AWS - Network Load Balancing (NLB) Control Plane Team
September 2023 - Present
- Adapted and zonally isolated the existing NLB deletion logic to mitigate risks during rollout while also expediting delivery in order to meet a critical customer deadline for a highly anticipated feature allowing users to remove availability zones from existing NLBs ultimately enabling customers to reduce their operational costs and overhead of maintaining unused resources.
- Transformed an existing beta feature’s design and was the team’s sole developer of an automated workflow for NLB on-demand capacity reservation, allowing enterprise customers to preemptively secure network bandwidth for high-traffic events. Worked closely with internal dependency services to iterate through the various constraints of handling large provisioning orders and escalated key design changes to product management to craft a viable customer experience ahead of the official launch at AWS Re:Invent conference 2024.
- Led the design and was the team’s sole implementer of AWS Route 53’s ARC Zonal Shift integration for NLBs, enabling seamless traffic redirection by availability zone—adopted by over 500K NLBs. Coordinated with five teams to deliver a rollout plan involving a backfill and migration of hundreds of thousands of users to an opt-in model with an automated monitoring and rollback system triggered in the event customer behavior regression was detected.
- Built a resource auditor which identified $1M ARR in leaked resources. Designed a cleanup mechanism to release unused resources while guaranteeing 100% safety to inflight production workflows.
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Software Engineer I @ AWS - Network Load Balancing (NLB) Control Plane Team
April 2022 - September 2023
- Diagnosed and resolved issues in high-pressure, ambiguous situations - requiring advanced on-the-spot debugging and root-cause analysis –while also working to address systemic and noisy issues that previously generated 100+ weekly pages which now averages less than 35.
- Led the testing and enablement of 12 public-facing features and multiple internal service upgrades in government-isolated regions, ensuring compliance and code parity across all deployments while adhering to strict change management protocols.
- Organized and optimized the CI/CD pipeline for over 100 deployment stages across 20+ internal services, balancing rapid software delivery with safety by isolating complex environments and ensuring smooth rollouts.
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Founding Memeber & Technology Consultant @ Old Salt Coffee Company
August 2020 - Present
- Designed, developed, and currently provide technical guidance for the e-commerce platform built on Shopify’s Liquid, supporting an average of $20K+ in monthly sales.
- Engineered and optimized an automated sales pipeline, seamlessly integrating order fulfillment across multiple sales channels, the e-commerce platform, and partner integrations to ensure accurate and efficient delivery by various fulfillment partners.
2 PROJECTS
Featured Project
This sorting algorithm visualizer is a work in progress. It allows users to create a random array of colors, choose an algorithm, and sort the array based on the color value. The visualizer animates the sorting based on the specificed algorithm. Give it a try by clicking the link icon above.
Other Projects
AMCIS 2020 Research
Presented proposed research paper to the AI and Semantic Technologies for Intelligent Information Systems Forum at AMCIS 2020.
| Intelligent Agents | Research |
MIXR - iOS APP
MIXR is an iOS app that is used for curating music for a group of music enthusiasts. If you have ever had difficulty selecting a Spotify playlist that everyone in your group agrees with, MIXR can help.
Our team created this app through the use of Spotify’s recommendation API to generate a playlist based on a group of users’ added tracks. Users also have the ability to export generated playlists to their Spotify account. Our team also utilized Firebase to store the user’s previously generated playlist data.
| Swift | Spotify API | Firebase | Xcode |
Elevate - Smart Furniture
Elevate is living furniture for your smart home that acknowledges your actions and highlights your daily routines.
Elevate consists of four panels, each equipped with a Force-Sensitive Resistor, LEDs, and a Stepper Motor; all controlled by stepper drivers, an Arduino Nano, and an Arduino Uno.
| Hardware | Arduino | C |
CADcraft iOS App
CADcraft is a simplified CAD game that gives the player the ability to create a 3D design by placing cubes in first-person. Allows user to save and load designs using persistent data and enables users to export an .stl file to other applications, including iMessage and Email.
| Swift | Xcode | SceneKit | 3D |
Old Salt Coffee Website V1
First version of the Old Salt Coffee website built entirely through Ruby on Rails. Included Stripe Checkout API for subscription packages that automatically and securely charged customers on a monthly basis. Also included Shopify Buy Button to sell products. Hosted on Heroku with a PostgreSQL Database.
| R on R | HTML & SCSS | Stripe API | Shopify API |
MineCAD Python Game
Developed a simplified CAD game using Python that gives the player the ability to create a 3D design using cubes. The player can save and load their design, play with multiple players through local networks, and export the design as a .stl file, which can then be 3D printed.
| Python | Pyglet | Sockets | 3D |
Old Salt Coffee Sea Stories Website
Old Salt Coffee’s sea story page, which gives customers the ability to share “Sea Stories” of their time on the ocean. Uses S3 to store images, and has admin control to verify and manage sea stories posted. Hosted by Heroku and stories are stored in PostgreSQL database.
| R on R | Heroku | S3 | PostgreSQL |
3 CONTACT
I am currently on the hunt for Software Engineering roles. Whether you have a question about a project, are actively hiring, or just want to say hi, please feel free to reach out!
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