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Christopher Hernandez

Senior Software Engineer II @ Tempus AI

I solve hard problems and build the systems around them.

  • Performance Discipline
  • Systems Thinking
  • Signal Fidelity
  • Intentional Design
  • AS ABOVE // SO BELOW
  • TREE OF LIFE PATHWORK
  • SQUARE + COMPASS FIELD
  • MERCURY : SULFUR : SALT

Experience

Career Path

Roles and progression across startups, consulting, and platform-scale engineering.

A chronological field log of companies and roles across each era.

  • Tempus AIChicago (Remote)

    1. 2025 - Present

      Senior Software Engineer II

    2. 2022 - 2025

      Senior Software Engineer

    • Infectious disease team of one with high-leverage glue work.
    • Frameworks contributor on a horizontal engineering lane.
    • AI engineering lead, building forward CIAM foundations.
    • Frontend Systems
    • Backend Architecture
    • Cloud Platforms
    • Scalable Data
    • Technical Leadership

  • AccentureLiquid Studios, Chicago

    1. 2020 - 2021

      Advanced App Engineering Senior Analyst / Specialist

    2. 2019 - 2020

      Application Development Analyst

    • Liquid Studios build mode: co-create fast, ship in tight loops.
    • Delivered one of the largest Fortune 500 COVID scheduler programs.
    • Shipped airline vaccine passport systems and global machine vision work.
    • Product Delivery
    • Cross-Platform Apps
    • Cloud and Serverless
    • Enterprise Programs
    • Emerging Tech

  • Alluxo

    1. 2020 - 2021

      Head of Engineering (Contract)

    2. 2018 - 2020

      Full Stack Developer (Contract)

    • Product Design
    • Technical Leadership
    • Systems Design
    • Team Development

  • The Authentic Company

    1. 2018 - 2019

      Full Stack Engineer (Contract)

    • Rapid Prototyping
    • Mobile Development
    • Music Product Innovation
    • Experience Redesign

  • Own It Technologies, Inc.

    1. 2017 - 2020

      Co-Owner & Full Stack Engineer

    • Mobile product scaled to ~30k users with zero paid marketing.
    • Growth was entirely word-of-mouth.
    • Startup Product Engineering
    • Mobile and API Systems
    • Scalable Data
    • Growth Engineering
    • Mentorship
    Case video

  • Tandlr

    1. 2017 - 2019

      Full Stack Engineer (Contract)

    • Education Platform
    • Tutor Marketplace
    • Payments and Booking
    • Student Experience

  • NGHT LLC

    1. 2016 - 2018

      Full Stack Engineer (Contract)

    • POS Integrations
    • Location Discovery
    • Nightlife Ordering
    • Mobile Product Delivery

  • Education

    • Loyola University Chicago

      2013 - 2017

      Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

      Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) student chapter.

      • Computer Science Fundamentals
      • Systems Programming
      • High Performance Computing
      • Graphics and Simulation
      • Scientific Tooling

Off-Hours // SECTOR VII

Esoteric Interests

Outside of engineering work, I study symbolic frameworks, reflective practices, and creative disciplines.

Field notes that keep shaping how I model systems under pressure.

  • Symbolic systems and philosophy as tools for focus, discipline, and decision-making.
  • The arts as pattern practice across sound, light, and visual form.
  • Hands-on chemistry and software architecture with the same experimental mindset.
  • Meditation and reflective journaling as maintenance for attention and clarity.
  • Holding imagination and rigor in balance: one for direction, one for delivery.

hold sanctuary to invoke

Square and compass