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Chris Cantú

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Director of Engineering at Procore Technologies
📍 Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States

Chris is a people-first engineering leader at Procore Technologies, focused on organizational transformation and modernizing platforms. With a background from Baylor University, he has extensive experience in scaling international teams and improving time-to-market. Colleagues describe him as an exceptional, supportive, and metric-oriented leader who excels at fostering inclusive team cultures.

Recently, Chris has been exploring the nuances of Generative AIs role in engineering. He believes its primary benefit is for junior engineers, helping them learn development patterns and get up to speed quickly, and emphasizes the importance of maintaining responsibility for AI-generated code.

He has authored publications such as "Road to 88 Deployments per month" and successfully converted a prior organization to the ShapeUp methodology, improving delivery velocity.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, United States
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People-First Leadership
His professional headline is "People First Pragmatic Engineering Leader, " and he consistently posts about valuing people and developing them as leaders.
Generative AI
Was a podcast guest in March 2024 discussing how Generative AI can be used responsibly to benefit engineering teams, especially for junior developers.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
Director of Engineering
Procore Technologies
11-2022 - 8-2023
Head of Frontend Engineering
Babylon
9-2021 - 11-2022
Director Of Engineering
Babylon
2-2021 - 9-2021
Senior Engineering Manager
Hinge Health
7-2020 - 2-2021
Director of Engineering
Vrbo
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Education
9-2002 - 5-2005
Masters of Science
Baylor University
9-1996 - 5-2000
Bachelors of Business Administration
Baylor University
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