Chris Buonocore
Engineering Lead at HubSpot · Building APIs for 300K+ Businesses
Engineering leader who builds API platforms and data infrastructure at scale. Previously managed two engineering managers as Director of Engineering at Stavvy, then moved to HubSpot as an Engineering Lead for the scale and technical impact — owning platform infrastructure processing billions of API calls per day. Daily user of AI coding tools (Claude Code, OpenCode, Hermes Agent via MCP). Experienced in Java, Python, Go, and TypeScript/React ecosystems.
Experience
HubSpot
Engineering Lead
Lead a team in HubSpot's Reporting group, working on the platform powering marketing and sales analytics for 300K+ businesses. Built Kafka pipelines for real-time attribution tracking across the full customer journey. Drove Snowflake optimization cutting P50 query latencies by 50%. Migrated 300K+ legacy reports. Implemented automated purging of attribution objects, reducing storage costs by 40%+.
Stavvy
Technology / Engineering Director
Led implementation of core loan management and esigning platform, recruited and hired engineering team members, set up vendor/integration logs, configured data pipeline, performed FedRamp gap analysis.
Drift
Tech Lead (Manager)
Led a technical team responsible for building third-party integrations and APIs, set up code and deployed new Java backend services, built key integrations to enterprise partners.
Toast
Software Engineer
Engineer on the Android Platform team, implemented encryption and security protocols in Kotlin, added caching and menu performance optimizations.
Projects
Real estate analysis and land investment platform with AI-powered insights and automated workflows.
Automated house price estimator combining Redfin data with ML models via Acumos platform.
Score prediction model for NFL games based on historical data and team statistics.
Web3 loyalty program platform with AI agent-driven smart contract interactions.
Reddit game for improving virality detection skills. Built with Devvit framework for Reddit's developer platform.
AI-powered travel planning and assistant app.
Tool for evaluating rental properties and market opportunities.