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Christopher Standish

@christopherstandish

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I build scalable cloud-native applications, APIs, and AI-powered features across enterprise platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm open to remote opportunities where I can build and modernize scalable cloud-native applications, APIs, and AI-powered features while mentoring engineers and partnering across product, UX, analytics, and engineering teams.

At Omnicom Group, I build Node.js and NestJS microservices, React and Next.js applications, ETL/ELT pipelines, and AI/LLM features using OpenAI APIs and LangChain for marketing teams. I design secure REST and GraphQL APIs, event-driven processing with AWS Lambda, BullMQ, and Kafka, and cloud-native deployments on AWS ECS.

Over 15+ years, I've modernized digital learning systems at Pearson, healthcare platforms at Humana, e-commerce experiences at Crate & Barrel, and enterprise applications at Deloitte. I translate complex business and regulatory requirements into maintainable software, improve reliability through automated testing and observability, and mentor engineers through design and code reviews.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Software Engineer

Current

Omnicom Group

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 7 months)

Designed and developed microservices using Node.js and NestJS, backed by PostgreSQL, establishing well-defined RESTful APIs and service boundaries. Implemented hybrid data persistence with PostgreSQL and MongoDB, and introduced Redis caching to improve application responsiveness.

Node NestJS PostgreSQL MongoDB React Next.js TypeScript REST APIs GraphQL Redis ETL ELT BullMQ AWS Lambda JWT AWS IAM OpenAI API Docker AWS ECS GitHub Actions Jest Playwright Datadog Sentry

Senior Software Engineer

Pearson

Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 11 months)

Contributed to the modernization of a digital learning platform by decomposing legacy backend applications into modular NestJS services and AWS Lambda-based serverless functions. Designed domain-oriented REST APIs using Node.js, NestJS, Express.js, and PostgreSQL, and built responsive educator and student portals with React and TypeScript.

NestJS AWS Lambda DynamoDB Node PostgreSQL React TypeScript React Query Material UI Flutter REST APIs GraphQL Docker Jenkins GitHub Actions Jest

Full-Stack Engineer

Humana

Nov 2016 - Dec 2019 (3 years 1 month)

Developed enterprise healthcare applications using Node.js, Express.js, and SQL Server, supporting member enrollment, provider management, claims processing, and care management. Designed secure RESTful APIs integrating internal systems with third-party applications using HL7 and X12 standards, and implemented HIPAA-compliant security controls.

Node SQL Server REST APIs HL7 X12 React JavaScript Bootstrap JWT RabbitMQ Redis Docker AWS RDS Jest

Software Developer

Crate & Barrel

Aug 2013 - Oct 2016 (3 years 2 months)

Contributed to the evolution of Crate & Barrel's e-commerce platform by developing customer-facing features using AngularJS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap. Designed backend services with Node.js and Express.js to support product catalog management, pricing, inventory synchronization, and order processing.

AngularJS JavaScript Bootstrap Node REST APIs MySQL SQL Server Jenkins Git

Junior Software Engineer

Deloitte

Jun 2011 - Jul 2013 (2 years 1 month)

Developed internal web applications supporting business process automation and reporting initiatives using JavaScript, jQuery, and responsive web technologies. Assisted senior engineers in building backend functionality with Node.js and Express.js, and designed and optimized SQL queries and stored procedures.