Chris Cox
I build things people depend on.
25 years shipping software. Built foundational iOS frameworks at Google used by every app in the ecosystem. Founded a company that got acquired. Now building again.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER · SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
SELECTED WORK
Highlights from 25 years
YouTube Live Creation
Google · iOS Tech Lead · 2021–2025
Led iOS for immersive mobile live streaming. Launched co-streaming and vertical live creation. Owned WebRTC performance, real-time encoding, adaptive bitrate, and backend APIs supporting iOS and Android.
Material Components for iOS
Google · Founding Engineer · 2013–2017
One of the first engineers on Material Components — Google's internal iOS UI framework. Architected, prototyped, and productionized components used by nearly every Google iOS app. Led the effort to open-source it as Material Components for iOS on GitHub.
Google Health — Bilicam
Google · Engineering Tech Lead · 2018–2019
FDA-regulated medical device that screens newborns for jaundice using a smartphone camera and trained ML models. Led engineering across a suite of clinical, parent-facing, and data collection apps on iOS and Android.
Google Workspace & Gmail
Google · iOS Tech Lead · 2019–2021
TL for iOS across Chat Spaces and Gmail/Hub. Made Spaces discoverable on iOS, built cross-platform notification settings, implemented EECC compliance. Led mobile architecture unifying Gmail, Chat, and Meet.
Remixer & Material Design Prototyping
Google · Founder & TLM · 2016–2018
Founded Remixer — cross-platform libraries for live design value refinement. Authored vision doc and PRD, prototyped, then led a staffed team. Also founded the Material Design V2 Prototyping Team (~6 engineers).
BUILDING NOW
commandit
AI-powered shell command toolkit for macOS. Generate, explain, and save commands as reusable templates — then paste them anywhere.
commandit.ai →
Sportpoolz
Full-stack sports prediction platform + native iOS app. Real-time leaderboards, spread-based scoring, group management.
sportpoolz.com →
ash_multi_account
OSSMulti-account linking and switching for Phoenix apps using Ash and AshAuthentication.
GitHub →
Agent Skills
OSSReusable skills for AI coding agents. Teach your agent your project's conventions, templates, and docs structure — so it gets it right the first time.
GitHub →
CAREER
The path
Independent
2025 — nowBuilding Sportpoolz, open-source AI agent skills, and contributing to the Elixir ecosystem.
Senior SWE / Tech Lead. iOS across YouTube, Workspace, Gmail, Health, Nest, Area 120, Material Design. Worked on Material Components — foundational frameworks for Google's entire iOS ecosystem.
Squarespace
2009 — 2013Senior Staff SWE. Built flagship iOS apps (Note, Manager, Portfolio). Lead engineer for V5 platform — backend, templating, APIs, web client. Joined via acquisition.
Wirepoint Media
2007 — 2010 AcquiredFounder / CEO. 3D visualization and mobile development. Acquired by Squarespace.
Inforez
2000 — 2007VP of Technology. CAD-driven virtual home construction (Framebuilder™). 3D rendering pipelines.
TECHNICAL
What I work with
iOS / Mobile
Backend
Web
Infra & Tools
CONTACT
Let's talk
Open to opportunities, collaborations, or interesting conversations about building software.
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