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Christopher Jordan

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Senior Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience in scalable systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that challenges me technically and fosters growth.

As a Senior Backend Engineer with over 8 years of experience, I have a proven track record of architecting scalable and high-performance backend systems across various sectors, including logistics, cloud storage, EdTech, and health-tech. Currently, I lead Go-based infrastructure at Uber, where I have spearheaded the development of LLM-driven optimization platforms and ultra-high-throughput geospatial services. My expertise lies in driving measurable performance improvements, optimizing distributed microservices, and mentoring backend teams to achieve their full potential.

Throughout my career, I have demonstrated a deep understanding of backend technologies, including Go, Node.js, and Python. I excel in aligning engineering execution with business goals, shipping secure and resilient APIs, and driving backend modernization initiatives at an enterprise scale. My commitment to excellence is reflected in my ability to implement innovative solutions that enhance system performance and reliability, as well as my dedication to fostering a collaborative and productive engineering environment.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Golang Backend Engineer

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Uber

Jan 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Architected and maintained Uber's Geofence Lookup Service, the highest QPS Go service in production, achieving sub-100ms P99 latency by leveraging optimized polygon indexing, real-time spatial hashing, and distributed in-memory route maps. Led the deployment of PerfInsights, Uber's internal LLM-powered performance optimization platform; guided cross-team profiling pipelines and delivered 200+ opti

Go)Microservices LLM Performance Optimization Distributed Systems Observability CI CD Prometheus Grafana

Senior Backend Engineer

Seagate Technology

Oct 2020 - Dec 2023 (3 years 2 months)

Led backend systems architecture for Lyve Cloud, Seagate's enterprise-grade S3-compatible storage and backup platform—designed and implemented high-throughput data ingest pipelines using Node.js and Python, increasing transfer efficiency by 45% and supporting 700TB+ of monthly data flow. Implemented JWT-secured service mesh and modular auth layers for internal APIs, enabling fine-grained access co

Node Python Go)S3 Microservices Data Ingestion JWT OpenTelemetry Grafana CI CD

Backend Engineer

Goji Labs

Apr 2019 - Sep 2020 (1 year 5 months)

Led backend development for an EdTech analytics platform, architecting Node.js and Python services to process event streams, power student dashboards, and support 50K+ active users—reduced API latency by 40% and enabled real-time metric visualization. Built secure RESTful APIs and data pipelines using PostgreSQL, Express, and Redis, ensuring consistent aggregation of user activity and improving ba

Node Python PostgreSQL Express Redis RESTful APIs OAUTH2 Prometheus Data Pipelines Edtech

Backend Developer

The Cigna Group

Jun 2017 - Mar 2019 (1 year 9 months)

Spearheaded development of a member claims dashboard API, using Node.js and TypeScript to process claims data in near-real-time, enabling dynamic React/Next.js UI updates and reducing data refresh latency by 60%. Engineered secure RESTful endpoints for member eligibility and benefits lookup, integrating with legacy SOAP services and enforcing RBAC via JWT; successfully cut faulty-claim rates by 25