About

Chris Laubacher is a software engineer with over 11 years of experience in the field. He is currently working as a Software Engineer at Opendoor, where he is responsible for building software that empowers and delights real people. Chris is a product-minded web engineer who is passionate about writing clean, maintainable code and collaborating with team members. He is also comfortable working solo and is driven by a strong desire to learn and grow as an engineer. Before joining Opendoor, Chris worked as a Lead Front End Engineer at Saucey, where he worked with designers and product stakeholders to build a customer-facing e-commerce web app that lets users order on-demand alcohol delivery. He also built and maintained a real-time dashboard to empower customer support and courier dispatch teams and contributed to backend microservices enabling features like search and recommendations. Chris used technologies such as React.js, Redux, Express.js, Webpack, Storybook, CSS Modules, SCSS, Meteor.js, Material UI, and Node.js. Chris also worked as a Front End Engineer at Dollar Shave Club, where he implemented a data collection library to help the analytics team track user behavior across multiple web properties. He also monitored and optimized frontend web performance using technologies such as JavaScript, NPM, Ember.js, and Google Tag Manager. Chris holds a B.A. in English, Cinema & Media Studies from the University of Chicago, where he graduated in 2010. He also attended Villanova Preparatory School from 1998 to 2002. Chris has experience in software engineering, frontend development, JavaScript, web development, microservices, search, UI, backend, NodeJS, ReactJS, and Ember.js. He is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer with a passion for building software that makes a difference in people's lives.