Chris Farabaugh avatar

Chris Farabaugh

Solution architect, AI Engineering enthusiast and full-stack engineer building performant and efficient applications

Remote · East Coast USA

Who am I?

Open To

I’m open to conversations about solution architecture, senior or staff-level full-stack engineering, and AI-forward product engineering roles where I can stay hands-on while helping teams raise the technical bar.

Recent Work

Ask more

2024 - Current

Application Architect

IBM

IBM logo

At IBM, I lead architecture and hands-on delivery across AI-enabled, federal, and data-intensive applications. My recent focus has been pairing product-minded solution architecture with practical AI adoption, platform design, and frontend modernization across work like IBM Ensemble, GSA CALM, and LANL.

2019 - 2024

Senior Software Engineer

Octo Consulting

Octo Consulting logo

At Octo, I operated across full-stack delivery, frontend architecture, design-system work, and engineering enablement for both GSA and Kessel Run. It was a role where I regularly shifted between building products myself and helping other teams scale React applications with stronger practices.

Personal Style

Ask ChrisAI

Solution architect perspective

I naturally think in terms of system boundaries, delivery strategy, technical tradeoffs, and long-term maintainability, not just the ticket directly in front of me.

Hands-on mentor

I enjoy staying hands-on in the work while also mentoring, improving engineering practices, and helping teams build better systems and stronger foundations.

Frontend to backend range

My experience spans product-facing frontends, backend services, integrations, data pipelines, cloud platforms, and the engineering tradeoffs that connect them.