RODNEY N-CHRIS
Backend-leaning computer scientist interested in forward deployed engineering, finance, energy systems, sustainability, and zero-knowledge cryptography.
About
I have over 6 years of experience building and shipping products across cloud, mobile, and web stacks in team and self-directed environments. I am especially interested in forward deployment roles where I can pair my engineering skills with more customer-facing work, working closely with users to solve real problems in the field. Alongside engineering, I actively study equity markets and options, writing and sharing my thoughts on individual names and opportunities. I also have strong interest in in zero-knowledge proofs and privacy-preserving protocols and I am working to deepen my knowledge through working on projects and engaging in structured study.
Core stack
Projects
TradeShare
A multi-tenant web application I built to share investment theses, options plays, and market ideas.
Onsight NOW
A Saas platform for field service workers. I worked on this during my time at LibreStream Technologies
Genovix Mobile
A cross-platform mobile application to support collection, and analysis of plant breeding data.
Real Estate marketplace
A decentralized Real Estate ownership transfer marketplace
Areas of interest
Finance & markets
I follow public markets closely, researching businesses, modeling scenarios, and documenting equity and options theses. My Business Management minor and time at Value Partners Investments inform how I think about risk, operations, and software in financial contexts.
Theses & write-ups
- Published investment thesesEquitiesEquity research with potential for asymetric long term returns on TradeShare.
- Published Option Play ideasOptionsOptions plays with potential for asymetric medium to long term returns on TradeShare.
Zero-knowledge & cryptography
I am very interested in ZK proofs, circuits, and the protocols that use them for privacy and verifiable computation, from SNARK-based systems to application-layer designs. My Real Estate marketplace project explored ZK in a Solidity context, but I would like to work on more complex ZK applications in the future.
Skills
Proud moments
Work experience
The Mobility House (North America)Full-time
Backend Software Engineer, Implementation & Solutions (Local Controller Specialist)
- Partner with stakeholders to troubleshoot charger deployments, guide setup, and support integration as an implementation-focused engineer.
- Develop and optimize core OCPP 1.6/2.x modules for charger integrations.
- Build and maintain Docker-containerized Rust and Python services for reliable EV charging and load management.
- Improve charger integration stability across multiple hardware vendors using ELK-based root cause analysis.
- Collaborate on V2G pilot features: bidirectional power flow, monitoring, grid export controls, and local controller decision logic.
LibreStream TechnologiesRemoteFull-time
Software Developer
- Collaborated with multiple agile teams to plan, develop, and launch Onsight NOW, a SaaS product for field service workers.
- Developed and maintained scalable backend infrastructure to support AI assistant features.
- Increased leads for sales teams by building user-friendly, responsive interfaces for remote collaboration and AI assistant interactions using React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Fixed stale interface issues and reduced web-app errors by implementing cache-busting with Webpack config and content hashes.
- Implemented web and mobile calling features and bug fixes from customer feedback using cloud-based WebRTC (Microsoft Azure), .NET, C#, and JavaScript.
Agronomix Software Inc.HybridFull-time
Software Developer/Mobile and Cloud Implementation Consultant
- Took Genovix Mobile from beta to production on Android, iOS, and UWP using C# and Xamarin.
- Improved data selection time on Genovix Mobile by 30% by restructuring the AWS backend.
- Improved data handling and loading efficiency by up to 50% through algorithmic and architectural changes.
- Set up continuous deployment and integration for Genovix Mobile using Azure DevOps pipelines, reducing release time from days to a few hours.
- Proposed and implemented new features on Genovix Mobile.
- Provided support for existing customers and helped with setup and implementation for new customers.
Centre for Earth Observation Science
Data Analyst
- Wrote Python scripts and built ETL tools to standardize datasets across research teams.
Value Partners Investments
Junior Developer
- Learned cloud computing and financial markets while supporting an investment management firm.
- Automated analysis of stock price data and trends by building a serverless system on Microsoft Azure using cloud storage, processing queues, Python, C#, and price history from a RESTful API.
- Automated daily and monthly processes using Logic Apps, Azure Functions, and Python scripts.
OnTheStep
Software Developer, Founding Team
- Launched and maintained OnTheStep's mobile app as part of the founding team.
- Implemented features across Node.js, TypeScript, Express.js, and React Native.
Education
University of Manitoba
Udacity