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Chris Dedman

Founding software engineer at Baro. I also make Mac apps, and work on kernels and open source in my own time.

Before Baro I worked on a CMS at Profound and did two internships at Uber. Before software, I served in the French military and worked as a butcher.

Chris standing in front of a rocket engine
Me, with a rocket engine. Los Angeles, California.

Work

15 things I've built or helped build: Mac apps, open source, personal projects and research. They’re also all on one page.

Experience

  1. Baro

    Aug 2026 — present

    Founding Software Engineer

  2. Profound

    Dec 2025 — Nov 2026

    Full-Stack Software Engineer

  3. Uber

    May 2024 — Aug 2024

    Software / Data Engineering Intern — AdTech

  4. Uber

    Jun 2023 — Sep 2023

    UberSTAR Software Engineering Intern — DOTCOM

  5. El Camino College

    Jun 2022 — Jan 2023

    Teaching Assistant / Tutor

  6. NASA L'SPACE

    May 2021 — Jul 2021

    Proposal Writing & Evaluation Intern

  7. Robert Half

    Oct 2020 — Sep 2021

    Operations IT Support Technician

  8. Earlier

    Aug 2008 — Dec 2019

    French Military · Butcher

Full history on my profile

Education

  • M.S. Computer Science

    California State University, Long Beach

    Jan 2026 — Jun 2026, on hiatus

  • B.S. Computer Science — Magna Cum Laude, with departmental honors

    California State University, Dominguez Hills

    Jan 2023 — May 2025

  • Certificate of Achievement with Honors, Computer Science

    El Camino College

    Jul 2021 — Jun 2023

Tools

Systems
C, C++, ARM assembly, Rust, QEMU, Make, CMake, GDB, Microcontrollers
Mac apps
Swift, SwiftUI, WidgetKit, App Intents, launchd
Backend
Go, Python, Java, Elixir / Phoenix, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, Inngest
Web
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Fusion.js, tRPC, Turborepo
Practice
CI/CD, Docker, Observability, Server performance testing, TCP/IP, Git, Neovim

Contact

Email is the quickest way to reach me: chrisdedman@proton.me. The other places I’m on are in the footer.