Chris Brown
Technical Product Leader | Engineering Manager | Full-Stack
Summary
"I’m a technical leader with 8+ years building and scaling data-driven SaaS platforms, leading engineering teams, and shaping product strategy."
My background spans product development, full-stack engineering, data pipelines, and research analytics. This gives me a unique ability to bridge engineering, product, and business needs.
I thrive in roles where I can combine deep technical understanding with product thinking: translating user needs into product requirements, designing architecture that will scale, and collaborating across engineering, data science, design, and executive teams.
Experience
- Own end-to-end product development for our market research SaaS platform, including roadmap planning and prioritization.
- Translate client needs and business goals into clear product specs, workflows, and feature epics.
- Collaborate with executives, researchers, and data scientists to shape product direction.
- Lead a distributed engineering team, driving architecture decisions, code quality, and sprint execution.
- Architect and implement complex Next.js/TypeScript features across the platform.
- Mentor engineers, unblock technical challenges, and refine development processes.
- Delivered major feature releases that improved platform reliability and client adoption.
- Implemented processes that increased development velocity and strengthened cross-team collaboration.
- Defined product direction for new data sources, annotation workflows, and analytics features.
- Led development of a self-serve research tool used by clients to explore proprietary datasets.
- Guided system architecture for ingestion pipelines, indexing, and performance improvements.
- Oversaw migration from self-hosted to managed Elasticsearch, improving reliability.
- Accelerated dataset onboarding and improved data quality through workflow automation.
- Developed ingestion pipelines, annotation systems, and client-facing data visualizations.
- Optimized Elasticsearch clusters, improving access to large-scale datasets.
Founder | Dec 2024 - Present
Patterns
200+
Active Users
50+
Engineered a high-performance discovery tool using MapLibre and PostGIS. Implemented clustering logic for global pattern sharing and regional fly-tying trends.
Designed custom step-by-step tying interfaces and interactive dashboards. Managed full product lifecycle from Figma wireframes to Vercel deployment.
In Development
Cross-platform iOS and Android native apps using React Native + Expo.
TappCar
Chief Technology Officer | Jan 2016 - Jul 2017
Trips
500k+
Drivers
300+
Led development across iOS, Android, and Web platforms. Designed fraud detection, pricing models, and real-time dashboards for 300+ drivers.
Prioritized features based on KPI analysis and customer feedback. Built APIs for international airport integrations.
Early Career
Alberta Counsel
Campaign Strategy & I.T. Specialist • 2015 - 2016
- • Developed digital platforms for engagement, donations, and campaign outreach.
- • Built campaign analytics tools to improve donor engagement and efficiency.
Golden & District Historical Society
Curatorial & Events • 2012 - 2013
Assistant Curator
May - Sep 2013
Events Coordinator
May - Sep 2012
Education
MacEwan University
Bachelor of Commerce, Management Major • 2011 - 2016Edmonton, Alberta
About Me
Based in Golden, BC, I love all things related to web/mobile development and data visualization. I'm especially interested in projects that combine technology + data with outdoor adventure and/or environmental stewardship.
Non-Tech Interests
External and Contact
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