Chris Chidgey
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Chris is an entrepreneur and software developer with a proven track record of building and maintaining mobile apps from concept to app store submission and beyond. Chris is a former corporate manager turned mobile app publisher and developer—with apps downloaded more than 40,000 times per month.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
BaaS, NoSQL, React Native
The most amazing...
...project I've built was a platform for content marketers to distribute their content in a custom mobile app.
Work Experience
React Native Developer
Pioneer Works, Inc.
- Helped the client evaluate moving a series of successful native apps on iOS and Android to React. Worked through many open questions and built their first React component for production.
- Established initial patterns and React project structure.
- Evaluated various third-party libraries and implemented best fits for future feature development.
Senior Mobile App Developer
P180 Investments LLC
- Built a POC and eventually an MVP the client used to raise funds for a larger implementation.
- Worked with a variety of APIs to help build a proprietary user object.
- Helped define the best approaches for working with many different data types from several sources and implemented them in the project.
React Native Developer
Three Five Two, Inc.
- Helped identify which features or components in the existing app were best candidates for re-architecture and then rebuilt them.
- Tracked and fixed issues screen by screen and feature by feature with a team using Jira.
- Updated legacy libraries with new versions or replaced with newer, better fits for the project.
React Native Developer
nXlvl Inc.
- Helped build a team of React Native developers, interviewing multiple candidates.
- Worked with photo and video features, including cropping and editing, version control, geolocation, storing and fetching, and optimizing the UX.
- Built the onboarding flow, including the authentication feature.
Founder | Software Engineer
Contenta
- Developed a platform for supporting the clients' published content across a variety of distribution channels.
- Integrated products with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, WordPress, and Libsyn APIs.
- Implemented automated push notifications based on subscription and newly published content.
- Created a dynamic lead capture form integrated via an API with multiple email marketing services (MailChimp, ActiveCampaign, and InfusionSoft).
Founder | Software Engineer
BGB Island, LLC
- Developed a popular "celebrity look-alike" app using the AWS Rekognition API.
- Enabled the app to utilize the camera, camera roll, and photo library.
- Implemented an in-app currency and in-app purchases for both coins (consumable) and category unlocks (non-consumable).
- Integrated Google Adwords (now Google Ads), Facebook Audience Network, and Appodeal.
- Received positive feedback and positive in-app experience ratings.
Experience
Sample Code
https://snack.expo.io/@chidgeychris/sample-codeFollow the below link snack.expo.io/@chidgeychris/sample-code to view a tool called "snack." The tool provides a QR code to test functionality on your device and also has a preview tool: close the QR code overlay and toggle "preview" at the bottom.
Tim Topham Piano
The cool part of the app from a developer and business perspective is that it was built to be easily rebranded and "rehydrated" for new brands, automatically pulling in all of their public content (blog, videos, and social), theming, and social links.
Celebrity Look Alike
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/look-alike-who-do-i-look-like/id535153636Other features include Google Analytics, Sentry bug/crash reporting, ratings prompts, and in-app purchases.
Awesome App | Inspire and Share Positivity
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/awesome/id1434720224Features:
• Authentication
• Social profiles
• Various actions (follow, following, block, and report)
• Posts (create, delete, and make private)
• In-app purchases (items and subscriptions)
• Animations
Quo Finance
Successfully submitted to app stores.
nXlvl - Build Your Brand
https://www.nxlvl.app/Implemented solutions for video editing, caching fast image downloads and caching, third-party authentication (Facebook, Apple, and Google), deep link routing, toast messages, in-app messaging, and dynamic image resizing and loading.
Skills
Frameworks
React Native, Redux, Express.js
Other
Mobile Apps, Front-end, APIs, Sports, BaaS, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), Full-stack, Mobile App Development, Fintech, Mobile Banking, Cost Accounting, Finance, B2C Marketing, Enterprise SaaS, Statistics, Apollo, Apollo Server, Serverless
Languages
ECMAScript (ES6), ES7, JavaScript, GraphQL, TypeScript
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React, Instagram API, Google Ads API, Twilio API, Facebook API, Twitter API, WordPress API, CocoaPods, Facebook Open Graph API, YouTube API, React Navigation
Tools
Git, Expo, Figma, Mongoose, Sentry, Google Analytics
Paradigms
Functional Reactive Programming, Asynchronous Programming, Cross-platform, Agile, REST, Mobile Development, App Store Optimization (ASO)
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Firebase, iOS, Android, Mobile, MacOS, Heroku, AWS Lambda
Storage
MongoDB, NoSQL
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Business
University of San Diego - San Diego, CA, USA
Bachelor of Science Degree in Business
California State University, Chico - Chico, CA, USA
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