Summary
Benn Linger is a business-minded Chief Systems Architect with 11 years building cloud-native, high-throughput systems and driving measurable operational improvements. He architects and operates serverless, real-time bid request systems handling over 1.3 billion daily requests while cutting AWS costs by about 50% through pragmatic optimizations and secure multi-account governance. His background spans SaaS telemetry pipelines, Kubernetes migrations, and real-time streaming APIs, with hands-on expertise in Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, CDK and CI/CD for both cloud and air-gapped environments. Benn pairs deep technical execution with product-focused thinking—recently leading development of a custom AI chatbot for inventory and campaign management—bringing a knack for simplifying complex distributed systems into maintainable, observable platforms. Based in West Virginia, he combines enterprise-scale architecture experience with a rootsy, get-things-done engineering ethos.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at West Virginia Wesleyan College