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.
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Experience
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Jul 2026—Present
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%.
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Aug 2025—Dec 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.
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Sep 2018—Sep 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
Everything here appears in a project above.
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.