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Chris Slowe

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CTO at Reddit, Inc.
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Chris is the CTO and founding engineer at Reddit, where he leads the engineering vision and architecture for one of the worlds largest websites. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and originally helped build and sell the company before rejoining to fuel its next wave of growth.

With a background in physics and a stated interest in NASA, Chris maintains a strong connection to the scientific community. He has mentioned in interviews that he enjoys hobbies such as building with Legos and is a fan of science fiction.

Unique fact: Chris was Reddits very first employee and his Reddit username is "keysersosa".

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Current Role
CTO
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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Scaling Infrastructure
As CTO, he is responsible for the architecture and infrastructure of the sixth largest website in the world, managing massive data pipelines and high-volume event processing.
Platform Integrity
He identifies security, site integrity, and protecting user data as primary focal areas in his role, safeguarding the platform against threats and malicious content.
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Career

Work history

5-2017
CTO
Reddit, Inc.
1-2016 - 5-2017
Founding Engineer / Director of Engineering
Reddit, Inc.
6-2015 - 12-2015
Advisor
Reddit, Inc.
8-2020
Founding Member
enrich
1-2016 - 1-2017
Advisor
Hipmunk
In the press

Media appearances

Building for Billions: A Conversation with Chris Slowe (CTO & Founding Engineer, Reddit). Featured in Enrich
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Education
2000 - 2007
PhD
Harvard University
1999 - 2000
AM
Harvard University
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