Christopher Lake
About Christopher Lake
Christopher Lake is a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Ruby on Rails, EmberJS, Redis, and PostgreSQL. He has a diverse work history, including roles at Copper, Ellucian, and McKinsey & Company, and has contributed to significant projects such as cloud migrations and API integrations.
Current Role at Copper
Christopher Lake serves as a Senior Software Engineer at Copper, where he has been employed since 2018. His expertise includes Ruby on Rails, EmberJS, Redis, and PostgreSQL. In this role, he has led significant migrations from Heroku to Google Cloud Platform and AWS, utilizing Docker and Kubernetes. He has also enhanced Copper’s Google Calendar API integration, enabling the system to manage hundreds of thousands of recurring calendar events. Additionally, he plays a crucial role in providing 24/7 infrastructure support as part of an on-call rotation.
Previous Experience in Software Engineering
Before joining Copper, Christopher Lake accumulated extensive experience in software engineering. He worked at Ellucian as a Software Engineer from 2015 to 2017 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to that, he was a Software Engineer at VHX from 2013 to 2015 in DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York. His career began at McKinsey & Company, where he served as a Junior Analyst from 2007 to 2009 and then as an Analyst from 2009 to 2011 in New York, NY.
Product Management Experience
Christopher Lake has experience in product management, having worked at Unigo as a Product Manager from 2011 to 2013 in New York, NY. In this role, he focused on improving user experiences and conversion rates, specifically enhancing the First Time User Experience (FTUE) to increase the transition from free trial to paid accounts.
Educational Background
Christopher Lake studied at Wesleyan University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. He also attended Flatiron School for a brief period in 2013. His foundational education includes a High School Diploma from Trevor Day School.
Notable Contributions and Achievements
Throughout his career, Christopher Lake has made notable contributions to various organizations. He architected the backend design and development of daily next steps emails and weekly analytics reports at Copper, achieving an open rate of 40-65%. His work in software engineering has consistently focused on enhancing user experiences and system integrations.