Pelham, North Carolina

Christopher Grimsley

Software engineer. U.S. Air Force veteran. Cum laude computer science graduate. I build products end to end — and the autonomous harnesses that keep building them overnight.

6 projects shipped Secret clearance — available for reinstatement Open to work

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Experience

  1. Jul 2026Present

    Consultant Web Developer / IT

    Brushbeater Store Inc. · E-commerce & retail operations · Brushbeater.org / Khyber Optics

    • Rebuilt the company website and e-commerce storefront from scratch on WordPress and WooCommerce.
    • Found and corrected a payment-processing data compliance vulnerability, eliminating PCI-DSS exposure and the legal liability of improper data logging.
    • Drafted and instituted updated customer-facing Privacy and Shipping policies aligned with federal consumer protection regulations.
    • Engineered point-of-sale and web checkout restrictions enforcing ITAR, FFL and ammunition sales compliance.
    • Implemented anti-bot protections, mandatory terms-of-service checkpoints, and an SEO strategy that lifted web traffic 30%.
  2. Aug 2025Dec 2025

    IT Intern

    Averett University · Danville, VA

    • Resolved hardware, software and networking issues for faculty, staff and students under compressed service-level timelines.
    • Managed identity lifecycles, password policies, MFA setup and network permissions under institutional data compliance standards.
    • Installed, configured and maintained campus computers, printers and classroom technology.
    • Documented support requests, resolutions and procedures into the university IT knowledge base.
  3. Sep 2018Sep 2022

    Munitions Systems Journeyman — SrA / Senior Crew Chief

    United States Air Force · Minot AFB, ND

    Honorable Discharge · Joint Meritorious Unit Award · AF Good Conduct Medal

    • Promoted to Senior Crew Chief (Dec 2021 – Sep 2022), supervising and coordinating munitions operations for a squadron of roughly 60 Airmen.
    • Led 4- to 12-person munitions teams prior to promotion, and trained incoming crew chiefs to independently run teams of their own.
    • Maintained real-time accountability of multi-million-dollar munitions inventories in the Combat Ammunition System with zero discrepancies at periodic inventory.
    • Assembled, inspected and configured precision-guided and conventional munitions — GBU-series JDAMs, AGM-158 JASSMs — to technical order in support of B-52 operations.
    • Performed quality assurance on build-up and storage operations, correcting discrepancies before release to the flightline.
    • Served as ammunition and explosives custodian for multiple on-base units, maintaining formal accountability through audits and inspections.
    • Ran data-transmission networks as an operational dispatcher, generating status reports and automated database work orders, and audited maintenance logs before final digital sign-off.
    • Zero-mishap, zero-incident safety record across four years of hazardous materials handling and MHE operation.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Averett University · Danville, VA

Conferred 15 December 2025 · Cum laude · GPA 3.50 / 4.00

Dean’s List — Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025

Coursework that shows up in the work

  • Systems Analysis & Design — network plans, risk assessment, requirements gathering
  • IT Infrastructure & Networks — virtualization, cloud, vulnerability analysis
  • Data & Information Management — relational modelling and query design
  • Data Structures — linked lists, trees, hash tables and graphs in Java and Python
  • Assembly — Nand-to-Tetris; built a working assembler as the final project
  • IT Project Management

Skills

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Languages

Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · Java · PHP · SQL · HTML/CSS · Hack assembly

Frontend

React 19 · Vite · Tailwind CSS · React Router · Vitest · React Testing Library · Playwright

Backend

Django 5 · Django REST Framework · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy · Alembic · Node.js · PostgreSQL · SQLite

ML & computer vision

PyTorch · Ultralytics YOLOv8 · PaddleOCR · NumPy · Pillow

Infrastructure

Docker · Proxmox VE · Linux · NGINX · Cloudflare · Stripe · GitHub Actions · Git · WireGuard

Agentic engineering

Claude Code harness design · PreToolUse guard hooks · bounded worker agents · gate-driven merges · read-only audit pipelines · spend ceilings

Compliance & policy

PCI / data-handling remediation · ITAR and FFL regulatory controls · Privacy and Terms drafting · access-control validation

Hardware

ESP32 · Arduino · Raspberry Pi

Get in touch

Open to software engineering roles. Clearance available for reinstatement.