Summary
Chris Atkins is a seasoned software engineer and leader with nine years of experience delivering scalable systems across startups and large enterprises. He currently leads software development at WEX, focusing on speed-to-value while delivering testable, extensible, and highly maintainable solutions. In prior roles at Rocket Auto and StockX, he built and guided high-performing backend teams responsible for billions in payments and a global marketplace with sub-second availability, including delivering a working MVP in under six weeks at Rocket Auto. He is known for shaping engineering culture around rapid feedback, quality, and collaboration, aligning technical delivery with business outcomes. A University of Michigan-Dearborn graduate, he has driven architecture and delivery across domains from vehicle APIs to enterprise platforms, and he’s based in the Detroit metropolitan area.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering at University of Michigan-Dearborn