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Christopher Hennighan

Irmo, SC · chennighan@gmail.com · (803) 609-4816 · LinkedIn

Work Experience

Help Scout — Software Engineering Manager Aug 2024 – Present · Remote

  • Settings → React migration: -35% settings tickets, +20% feature velocity.
  • AI Resources Hub to accelerate adoption of AI-enhanced dev tooling.
  • Led integrations (HubSpot, Mailchimp, Stripe, WhatsApp): +12% 3P app usage.
  • Revamped JavaScript Guild (RFCs, proposals) for cross-team standards.
  • Introduced engineer development plans & skill gap analyses adopted by other managers.
  • “Bolt + HSDS” starter → sidebar apps ~75% faster.

2U — Software Engineering Manager Nov 2022 – Jan 2024 · Remote

  • Managed 5 engineers; 2 promoted to Senior, 1 to Lead.
  • LTI proctoring compatibility layer → reduced exam cheating by 8%.
  • Xpert (OpenAI assistant) → +10.5% learner conversion.

Trove — Software Engineering Manager Jun 2021 – Oct 2022 · Remote

  • Lululemon trade-in launches → 7-figure revenue, 100% uptime.
  • Arc’teryx intl + warehousing → 6-figure savings + 7-figure ops savings.
  • Hired & onboarded 3 engineers; 100% retention.

PlayVS — Senior Software Engineer Jan 2021 – May 2021 · Remote

  • Modularized components; standardized React/TS/GraphQL; mentored junior engineers.

Slalom Build — Senior Software Engineer May 2019 – Dec 2020 · Charlotte, NC

  • Bond Liquidity Dashboard (React/Angular 8), AWS CodePipelines/Elastic Beanstalk.
  • Serverless Node.js (Lambdas) for Natural Gas Pipelines.
  • Driver Routing/Automation: Kinesis, Lambda, SQS/SNS, DynamoDB.

FRS Software — Senior Software Engineer Dec 2018 – Apr 2019 · Monroe, NC

  • Redesigned ASP.NET client; MVVM + Razor; Gulp/Karma/Mocha/Chai; LESS & ES6.

LendingTree — Software Engineer & Tech Lead Aug 2017 – Nov 2018 · Charlotte, NC

  • Analytics system: JS client → ASP.NET Core API → Kafka → Adobe/Elastic; Adobe Launch integration.

Secure Blockchains, LLC — Co-Founder, Lead Frontend Engineer Oct 2017 – Feb 2018 · Remote

  • Frontend for first publicly available Ripple Escrow platform; client ↔ blockchain backend.

Principal Solutions (Lowe’s) — Software Engineer Nov 2016 – Jun 2017 · Mooresville, NC

  • Client-side analytics solution; Visa Checkout API integration for Lowes.com.

SkilRoute — Co-Founder, Lead Frontend Developer Mar 2015 – Dec 2017 · Remote

  • Skill-based learning platform; multi-angular video player; admin & content delivery.

Sports Endeavors — Full Stack Web Developer Mar 2014 – Jun 2015 · Hillsborough, NC

  • Maintained 20+ sites; shipping tracking; Websphere migrations (Java EE/JSP/MyBatis/Struts).

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, AWS, PHP, C#, .NET, Angular, Testing (Jest/RTL), CI/CD, Kafka, Postgres/MySQL/DynamoDB, Terraform, Serverless/SAM, etc.

Interests

Woodworking, College Football, Board Games, Fishing, Swimming