Chris Maddox

writings

product expansion

doings

engineering manager, account abstractions & APIs @ stripe 2022–

building the next generation of stripe's platform

want to help? maddox@stripe.com

product and engineering @ curative inc. 2020–2021

rapidly scaling testing for coronavirus

engineering manager, field team

tech lead, insurance billing systems

Eng lead, forward deployed engineer: Elizabeth Warren for President @ Reach 2019–2020

Building grassroots campaign software with Reach, helping Lizzie help the people.

Full-stack (frontend, mobile, backend) development

founder-in-residence @ Wefunder 2018–2019

Ran the second batch of XX, a 12 week program for early-stage startups. Reviewed hundreds of startups, interviewed dozens, funded eight.

Responsible for 1-1s, group office hours, and hands-on mentorship on all aspects of company building such as:

  • co-founder communication
  • product strategy
  • fundraising
  • engineering
  • enterprise sales
  • not going to conferences
  • emotional support
  • financial modeling
  • email and paid marketing
  • prioritization
  • go to market strategy
  • sales collateral
  • affiliate programs

…and the rest.

writing 2017–

in progress.

founder, ceo @ Seneca Systems (acqh. Coinbase) 2014–2017

Led people, culture, sales, marketing, customer success, fundraising, product strategy, hiring, etc.

Sold into major US cities like Chicago, Oakland, San Jose, Boston, Detroit, and Miami.

YC S16 + seed round from Cowboy Ventures, Initialized Capital, and many wonderful angels.

Hired an incredible team and built a values-centric organization we could be proud of.

principal engineer, culture @ Gusto (née ZenPayroll) 2013–2014

Interviewed every potential hire, regardless of department, for fit with our values and contribution to our culture. Implemented our version of the employee of the month—the infamous JSMEBFPPA. Gave company-wide presentations on values and advocated for doing the right thing even when it was hard. Led to ZenPayroll being named the best place to work.

Engineered the first two releases of ZenPayroll's public API, from writing documentation and integration tests through full implementation and working with dozens of partners to integrate to launch.

Rewrote backend processing of long-running jobs to be fault tolerant, modular, and threaded for performance. Spoke at RailsConf 2014 about the open sourced library behind processing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Championed ZenPayroll Giving feature, allowing employees to donate directly from their paycheck. Built front end user interface, backend processing, batch file creation, and ACH transactions for payments.

Built full-stack integration with Freshbooks to push accounting information (taxes, wages, contractor payments) from ZenPayroll.

engineer @ LivingSocial (acq. Groupon) 2012–2013

Core team. Building for tens of millions of dollars in daily ecommerce transactions.

Built recommendation system, worked on partnerships including the largest daily deal in history (Starbucks).

Culture team representative in engineering organization.

music

generational albums

BlondeFrank Ocean

22 A MillionBon Iver

To Pimp a ButterflyKendrick Lamar

My Beautiful Dark Twisted FantasyKanye West

Norman Fucking RockwellLana del Rey

The Miseducation of Lauryn HillLauryn Hill

DonutsJ Dilla

Modern Vampires of the CityVampire Weekend

808s and HeartbreakKanye West

Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los AngelesJohn Mayer

up there

SwimmingMac Miller

good kid M.A.A.D CityKendrick Lamar

Begin to HopeRegina Spektor

MalibuAnderson .Paak

Depression CherryBeach House

Acid RapChance the Rapper

i,iBon Iver

Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer?Of Montreal

Tha Carter IIILil Wayne

Women in Music Pt. IIIHAIM

FarRegina Spektor

DAMN.Kendrick Lamar

Man on the MoonKid Cudi

CongratulationsMGMT

yeKanye West

RatatatRatatat

Channel OrangeFrank Ocean

Bon IverBon Iver

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