Software developer and search engineer.

I’m Chris — a software developer based in London. I’m currently Director of Engineering at Vimeo, leading the teams behind the platform that powers millions of videos. This is my personal blog, where I write about programming, search systems, and Elasticsearch.

Today, Vimeo goes public

Vimeo spins out from IAC and begins trading on Nasdaq under the ticker VMEO.

FOSDEM 2015

Another year at FOSDEM — Vimeo's open source talk, the dedicated Open Source Search track, and a closing keynote from a Mars One astronaut candidate.

I've Joined Vimeo

Joining the Vimeo team to work on the search platform after an amazing run at DueDil.

Work

  1. Company
    Unannounced
    Role
    Chief Technology Officer
    Date
  2. Company
    Vimeo
    Role
    Director of Engineering
    Date
    1. Director of Engineering2025 — 2026
    2. Senior Engineering Manager2023 — 2025
    3. Principal Software Engineer2021 — 2023
    4. Senior Software Engineer2016 — 2021
    5. Software Engineer2014 — 2016
  3. Company
    DueDil
    Role
    Senior Software Engineer
    Date
  4. Company
    Idio
    Role
    Software Engineer
    Date
  5. Company
    Optix
    Role
    PHP Developer
    Date
  6. Company
    Oxygen
    Role
    Web Developer
    Date
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