Christopher Gonzalez
staff engineer · platform builder · san diego
Everything worth making starts as open country — quiet, unmarked, and yours to cross.
I build platforms for millions of people.
Staff Software Engineer in San Diego. I lead the UI Platform team at Intuit TurboTax, building the tools and infrastructure that power tax filing for 40M+ people. Before that, full-stack work across enterprise and government — including mission-critical systems for the U.S. Navy.
Things I've built.
A handful of projects beyond the day job — products, tools, and the occasional experiment. Drag onward to keep exploring; open a title to visit it.
What I'm building right now.
Leading UI Platform at TurboTax, shipping side projects on nights and weekends, and writing about the craft. Stack of the moment: Python, React, TypeScript, and a small Hetzner box running a few quiet things. Updated whenever the wind changes.
Notes from the work.
Occasional essays on engineering, platforms, and building things that last. No schedule, no newsletter funnel — just things worth writing down.