Chad Linden
I make complex systems boring again. Senior backend and platform engineer with 12+ years of experience fixing, stabilizing, and scaling real-world software. I work on existing systems—legacy platforms, migrations, and data-heavy backends—that need to be reliable, predictable, and maintainable. I've built and supported software across startups, SaaS, and defense environments, with a focus on reducing risk and making systems easier to live with over time.
What I work on
Backend & platform stabilization
Fixing and hardening existing systems: legacy codebases, migrations, performance issues, and technical debt. My focus is making systems reliable, predictable, and maintainable.
Data-heavy and operational systems
Working on pipelines, background processing, and operational infrastructure where correctness and durability matter more than novelty.
Internal tools (engineer-facing)
Building pragmatic admin and operational interfaces that support debugging, monitoring, and workflow clarity. I don’t do customer-facing UI or design-led frontend work.
End-to-end when it matters
I’ll work across the stack when it improves system behavior, but my primary value is backend and platform reliability.
Awards / Recognitions
Army Achievement Medal
Awarded for outstanding performance while serving in Iraq
Air Force Achievement Medal (x3)
Service, Iraq, KyrgzystanAwarded for outstanding performance while serving.