Christopher Ng
@christopherng
Staff software engineer scaling cloud platforms and building reliable real-time systems.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Staff Software Engineer with 11+ years delivering innovative solutions at Google and Amazon, with deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems and team leadership. I modernize and scale cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud, improving reliability, performance, and user experiences across millions of global users.
At Google, I helped upgrade Google Meet with WebRTC and Google Cloud APIs, improved low-latency streaming using Cloud Pub/Sub and Dataflow, and strengthened Cloud Storage reliability. I also built CI/CD pipelines with Google Cloud Build and Kubernetes, implemented AI-powered video features with TensorFlow, and mentored 5 junior engineers to reduce code defects and increase productivity.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led development and scaling of global GCP cloud infrastructure, enabling scalable services for millions of users. Modernized Google Meet with WebRTC and Cloud APIs, reducing connection dropouts by 20% and improving audio/video synchronization by 30%, and cut deployment failures by 40% via CI/CD with Cloud Build and Kubernetes.
Designed and implemented Google Meet backend services for real-time streaming, authentication, and meeting synchronization to improve reliability and performance. Improved scalability and resilience by deploying microservices on GKE and supported AI-driven transcription and real-time captions for accessibility.
Scaled and optimized backend systems for Amazon Prime Day to handle massive traffic surges. Reduced transaction latency by 30% by optimizing order processing and payment microservices, and built real-time streaming and fraud detection using Kinesis and Lambda to improve protection during peak demand.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of California
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science
2010 - 2014
Earned a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of California from 2010 to 2014.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Storage
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
Kubernetes
React Native
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Cassandra
Gmail
Django
Spring Boot
Next.js
.NET
Tailwind CSS
Figma
Redis
Jira
Webpack
JavaScript
HTML5
Java
PHP
Kotlin
TensorFlow
Kafka
PagerDuty
Datadog
GraphQL
gRPC
AWS Lambda
JUnit
Google Meet
WebRTC
SQL
Google Kubernetes Engine
Playwright
Bash
Increase
Jan
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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