I am a Web 3 Native Senior Software Engineer and a veteran distributed systems engineer and technical educator. I have deep experience in service oriented architecture with broad generalist expertise across DevOps, smart contracts, dev tooling, automation, and front-end development. My expertise spans the full SDLC including architecture, implementation, automated testing with full testing pyramid, deployment pipelines, and service ownership. I specialize in asynchronous, reactive, non-blocking, event-driven services. I have built scalable, cloud-native services deployed to Kubernetes, integrated external services, and supported production mainnet SDK and CLI dev tooling. I am passionate about blockchain technology, developer advocacy, and building reliable infrastructure and developer environments.

Chris A Natalio

I am a Web 3 Native Senior Software Engineer and a veteran distributed systems engineer and technical educator. I have deep experience in service oriented architecture with broad generalist expertise across DevOps, smart contracts, dev tooling, automation, and front-end development. My expertise spans the full SDLC including architecture, implementation, automated testing with full testing pyramid, deployment pipelines, and service ownership. I specialize in asynchronous, reactive, non-blocking, event-driven services. I have built scalable, cloud-native services deployed to Kubernetes, integrated external services, and supported production mainnet SDK and CLI dev tooling. I am passionate about blockchain technology, developer advocacy, and building reliable infrastructure and developer environments.

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I am a Web 3 Native Senior Software Engineer and a veteran distributed systems engineer and technical educator. I have deep experience in service oriented architecture with broad generalist expertise across DevOps, smart contracts, dev tooling, automation, and front-end development. My expertise spans the full SDLC including architecture, implementation, automated testing with full testing pyramid, deployment pipelines, and service ownership. I specialize in asynchronous, reactive, non-blocking, event-driven services.

I have built scalable, cloud-native services deployed to Kubernetes, integrated external services, and supported production mainnet SDK and CLI dev tooling. I am passionate about blockchain technology, developer advocacy, and building reliable infrastructure and developer environments.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Work Experience

Senior Developer Advocate at Stellar Development Foundation
July 1, 2024 - Present
Built scalable, cloud-native services deployed to Kubernetes providing integration with external services such as Discord & Github. Automated developer environments setup with Devcontainers and Codespaces. Provided mainnet production support of SDK and CLI dev tooling.
Developer Advocate at Spheron Network
July 1, 2024 - August 15, 2025
Built dockerized validators and Web 3 infrastructure for DePIN distributed compute. Rapid application development for reference apps and proof-of-concepts. Supported production platform.
Technical Author at Pluralsight
October 1, 2023 - Present
Developed full-length courses covering blockchain concepts, dev tooling, dApp development, and deployment.
Platform Advocate at Consensys
May 1, 2023 - August 15, 2025
Built proof-of-concept applications leveraging JSON-RPC infrastructure. Developed learning materials for API usage and client implementation. Contributed to OSS code and documentation.
Senior Software Engineer at Skyward, a Verizon Company
March 1, 2022 - August 15, 2025
Built asynchronous, reactive microservices architecture with Java, Spring, WebSockets, RabbitMQ & gRPC.
LinkedIn Learning Author - Tech at LinkedIn
January 1, 2022 - August 15, 2025
Created full-stack courses covering async, reactive, non-blocking hands-on coding.
Senior Software Engineer at Open Gov
April 1, 2019 - August 15, 2025
Built asynchronous, reactive services with Java, Vert.x & Spring at a Silicon Valley Govtech Startup.
Senior Software Engineer at Nike
July 1, 2017 - August 15, 2025
Built scalable, cloud-native services supporting high-volume pricing data.
Software Engineer at Ippon Technologies
May 1, 2016 - August 15, 2025
Software Engineer role based in Richmond, VA.
Software Engineer at RTS Labs
July 1, 2014 - August 15, 2025
Software Engineer role in Richmond, VA.
Front-End Engineer at Sidus Group
July 1, 2010 - August 15, 2025
Front-end development position.
Systems Analyst at Bank of America
January 1, 2010 - August 15, 2025
Systems analyst role in Richmond, VA.
Software Engineer at Circuit City
June 1, 2009 - August 15, 2025
Software Engineer on the eCommerce team.

Education

BSc Computer Science at Virginia Commonwealth University
January 11, 2030 - August 15, 2025

Qualifications

Blockchain Specialization Certificate - University at Buffalo - C3K PD 4259F5D
January 1, 2023 - August 15, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Government, Education, Financial Services