Chris Owen
Senior Software Engineer at Wire™
Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Owen is a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years focused on real-time audio and video systems, currently building high-quality AV calling at Wire in Greater Stockholm. He brings deep cross-platform expertise from long stints at Skype/Microsoft where he architected real-time media features across desktop, mobile and console platforms, and has been a primary developer of Skype video on iOS since its early releases. Earlier roles span audio-identification servers, graphics and UI work for major device vendors, and embedded/interactive TV systems, giving him a rare blend of low-level media processing, performance optimisation and product-facing feature delivery. Known for shipping production-grade media experiences across constrained devices and servers, he combines engineering rigor with a pragmatic focus on user-facing quality.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Software Engineering, 1st Class with Honours, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Software Engineering, 1st Class with Honours at University of Wales, Aberystwyth
English, Swedish
Github Skills (24)
audio10
iphone7
ipad7
instant-messaging7
encryption7
swift7
chat-sdk6
chat-application6
android-library6
privacy6
android6
security6
ios6
messenger6
mobile5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
c-g-owen/wirebackup2txt
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:3 commits in 1 day
wireapp/wire-avs
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Audio Video Signaling (AVS)
Contributions:134 commits, 8 PRs, 146 pushes in 1 year 4 months
audio
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