Summary
Chandler Staggs is a Lead Software Engineer with nine years of experience building backend systems and test automation for both commercial SaaS and high-assurance aerospace software. He has shipped business-critical FastAPI and MongoDB services for a refined fuels marketplace, resolved escalated production issues, and used Kubernetes and Redis to improve performance and reliability. At Lockheed Martin he designed Python-based automated testing harnesses and integration tests for F-16/F-35 simulation hardware, cutting development time while increasing safety-focused test coverage. His academic work includes a MS in Computer Science and contributions to autonomous vehicle system design and a Cellular-V2X prototype in a Mercedes GLE for US Army research. Equally comfortable in cloud-native production environments and low-level test frameworks, he blends pragmatic delivery with a strong emphasis on documentation and reproducible tooling. Based in Fort Worth, TX, Chandler brings a mix of mission-driven engineering and hands-on backend expertise across Python, Go, and modern orchestration stacks.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Western Kentucky University
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at The University of Alabama