Chris Slowe

Chris Slowe serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Reddit, Inc. since June 2015, leading Engineering Vision and Architecture for one of the world's largest websites. Prior to this role, Chris was a Founding Engineer and Director of Engineering at Reddit, overseeing backend engineering teams and developing scalable infrastructure and data pipelines. Experience extends to advisory roles at enrich and as a Founding Member at Hipmunk, where responsibilities included growing the engineering team and managing API integrations. Chris's career began at Reddit.com, where as the first engineer, notable achievements included building traffic analytics and launching Reddit Gold. Educational background includes a PhD, AM, and AB in Physics from Harvard University, with a deep foundation in programming technologies such as Python, JavaScript, and database management systems.