Chase Gordon

S

Principal Engineer at Atlassian | ex-Target

Atlassian
New York, NY · ET (UTC-5)
10+ years experience
Johns Hopkins University
English
Open to work
Messaging unavailable

Overview

Principal Engineer at Atlassian, focused on embedded systems. Moved 93% of firmware traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident. Before that: Target and Amazon.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Roles in B2B SaaS
  • Questions about B2B SaaS
  • Second opinions on ARM Cortex-M decisions
Please don't message about
  • SEO and link-building offers
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
Skills
embedded Linuxhardware bring-upARM Cortex-MCBluetooth LERTOS
Open to workLooking for a role
closes in 3 months

Next role: Embedded Engineer in cybersecurity, New York or hybrid

Target roles
Embedded Engineer
Level
Senior
Industries
Fintech, B2B SaaS
Work mode
Remote
Available
Immediately
Work authorization
Authorized to work in the NY
What I'm looking for
Early-stage company (seed) where B2B SaaS is core to the product.
Not interested in
Crypto

16 years in embedded systems. Strongest at ARM Cortex-M and embedded Linux. Available immediately.

New York, NYrtosbluetooth lehardware bring-up
Open

Experience

  1. Principal Engineer
    Jan 2026 - Present
    Atlassian · 9 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
    • Backed 57 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 6 boards.
  2. Staff Embedded Engineer
    Oct 2023 - Sep 2025
    Target · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 28 minutes to under 3.
    • Led the migration of 66 services to C.
  3. Senior Engineering Manager
    May 2022 - Oct 2023
    Amazon · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Built the experimentation framework 40 product teams use to ship changes safely.
  4. Engineering Manager
    Jun 2019 - May 2022
    Comcast · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Mentored 13 engineers through their first promotion.
    • Led the migration of 58 services to embedded Linux.
  5. Senior Embedded Engineer
    Apr 2017 - Jun 2019
    Target · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
    • Led the migration of 36 services to embedded Linux.
    • Mentored 14 engineers through their first promotion.

References

No references yet.

Education

  1. Johns Hopkins University
    MS, Electronics and Communication
    2009 - 2011
  2. Georgia Tech
    BS, Electronics and Communication
    2005 - 2009

Details

Compensation expectations
What they are targeting for their next role.
Visible to connections
Direct contact details
Direct email and a scheduling link.
Visible to connections