Christopher Spahr

Christopher Spahr has a diverse work experience in the software development industry. In 2021, they are the Lead Backend Engineer at Rune Labs, where they have been expanding data ingestion pipelines, implementing data aggregation, and running backend stack meetings. In 2020, they were a Full Stack Developer at ResQ, where they implemented features in a Django web app and architected a new geography-based system for matching restaurant locations with vendor operating areas. In 2019, they were a Senior Software Developer at Ada Inc, where they designed and built a documented externally-facing enterprise data access API, re-architected and scaled the data pipeline, and contributed to product features. From 2016-2019, they were a Software Developer at Tulip Retail, where they owned the implementation of a documented externally-facing data import API and drove modernization of platform technology. From 2010-2015, they were a Software Developer, PhD Researcher, Teaching Assistant, and Course Instructor at the University of Toronto. In 2015, they were a Quality Assurance Analyst at Lionbridge and an External Linguistic Expert at Samsung Research and Development.

Christopher Spahr completed a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Linguistics at the University of Toronto from 2011 to 2016. Prior to that, they earned a Master's Degree in Linguistics from the University of Toronto in 2010. From 2005 to 2009, they completed a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics and Russian at the University at Albany, SUNY.