Chris Burnham

Chris Burnham has over 10 years of experience in software engineering. Chris started their career in 2010 as a Web Developer at the Marriott School of Management. In 2014, they joined Humble Bundle as a Staff Software Engineer, where they were the lead architect for the Humble Desktop app, prototyped the project to choose a tech stack familiar to the team, adapted the CI/CD pipeline for desktop software, developed game services API for games using the Humble Desktop app, created an OAUTH provider, led the Humble Choice engineering team, upgraded the payment system to support 3DSecure, integrated with key redemptions systems from Nintendo and Ubisoft, built the store Wishlist system, created an upsell in bundle checkout, implemented Chargehound to automate chargeback responses, and migrated accounting from a GIANT SQL script into an easy to maintain pipeline. In 2022, they joined Academia.edu as a Senior Software Engineer.

Chris Burnham obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young University between 2006 and 2012. In addition, they obtained certifications in Game Theory from Coursera in February 2013, Gamification from Coursera in October 2012, and Zend PHP 5.3 Certification from Zend in October 2012.