Tim Chen is a seasoned engineering leader and startup founder with 14 years of experience building full-stack, data-driven platforms and operational infrastructure. As Co-Founder & CTO of Maven Metrics and former Director of Engineering at Alkami after MANTL's acquisition, he blends hands-on development with product-focused architecture and DevOps rigor. Tim has repeatedly scaled engineering teams and systems across fintech and enterprise SaaS, moving from individual contributor roles to VP and director positions. He is comfortable across the stack—from data pipelines and backend services to deployment automation—and known for turning complex enterprise requirements into pragmatic, production-ready solutions. Based in New York, he brings a pragmatic startup hustle mentality to solving large-scale data and reliability challenges. An economist-trained computer scientist, he often pairs quantitative thinking with engineering tradeoffs to drive measurable business outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Economics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Economics at Rutgers University
Contributions:14 releases, 6 PRs, 18 pushes in 4 years 3 months
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