Benjamin Chaikin

// Software Development Engineer

Mission

To secure a full or part-time remote position on a high-performance development team

Skills profile

  • Proven track record of independent work ethic and leadership on distributed teams
  • Practical knowledge architecting and implementing microservice designs and scalable cloud solutions
  • Mobile front-end development via React Native
  • Hands-on design and execution of machine learning data pipelines, feature engineering, and modeling
  • Modern web development experience with React, Next.js, and responsive mobile design
  • Experience with and understanding of iterative and test-driven lifecycles
  • Solid coding, refactoring, unit-testing, and debugging skills in C#, Java, Javascript and Python
  • Strong relational database and nosql skills using SQL Server, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redshift and Snowflake
  • Ability to clearly articulate and document technical ideas

Work History

CTO / Application Architect Ommyx Miami FL (remote)
2020 - present
  • Led full stack development of consumer app, data/ML pipeline, internal tooling, and devops
  • Utilized serverless and event-driven architecture to quickly deliver scalable ML solutions
  • Cultivated a culture of metrics collection and feedback in order to fail fast and iterate
  • Node.js, C#, Python, React Native, Snowflake, AWS, Lambda, DynamoDB, EventBridge, ElasticSearch, Docker
Senior Product Engineer Carrot Fertility San Francisco, CA (remote)
2019 - 2021
  • Designed and implemented critical integrations with multiple 3rd party data providers
  • Led initiative to decompose monolith into microservices
  • Mentored junior engineers and established testing, devops, and iterative practices
  • C#, node.js, React, AWS, Azure, Lambda, Step Functions, SQL Server, Redis
Staff Engineer CommerceHub Albany, NY (remote)
2015 - 2019
  • Leveraged streaming and event-driven patterns to facilitate processing large volumes of data
  • Designed and oversaw development of multiple cloud-hosted microservices
  • Acted as an internal technology ambassador to promote patterns and practices
  • Java, node.js, AWS, Kinesis, DynamoDB, Redshift, SQL Server, Redis, Docker
CTO / Applications Architect madeclose.com Brooklyn, NY (remote)
2013 - 2015
  • Architected a scalable cloud-based e-commerce solution from the ground up
  • Lead a small focussed team through agile development process, achieving 2-week continuous delivery
  • Established code quality standards, unit testing, continuous integration, continuous deployment
  • C#, Javscript, SQL Server, Azure, AWS, ElasticSearch, Docker
Team Lead GLOBALFOUNDRIES Malta, NY (remote)
2011 - 2013
  • Re-architected solution for high-speed manufacturing data collection
  • Lead modular rewrite effort to strengthen and improve internal applications
  • C#, WCF, Entity Framework, Oracle, T-SQL, IIS
Senior Development Engineer BPA, Department of Energy Vancouver, WA
2010 - 2011
  • Designed and developed reliable, high-availability solutions for critical business systems
  • Integrated real-time data from multiple sources, including Java and .Net web services
  • Optimized back-end processes using parallel processing techniques
  • Thoroughly documented new designs as well as existing systems
  • C#, WPF, WCF, Entity Framework, T-SQL, BizTalk 2k6
Senior Development Engineer Transcore Beaverton, OR
2008 - 2010
  • Developed and improved two high-profile customer facing web applications
  • Performed extensive refactoring and unit testing of existing production codebase
  • Designed and developed multi-tier applications using ASP.Net, Silverlight and WPF
  • Debugged multithreaded server code, analyzed crash dumps and memory snapshots
  • C#, Javascript, HTML, CSS, WCF, ASP.Net, WPF, IIS, WinDBG
Software Development Engineer Kroger Portland, OR
2007 - 2008
  • Designed and built reusable, modular systems for internal and external clients
  • Architected and implemented a flexible service bus backbone driven by XML schema
  • Refactored and optimized existing applications and introduced pluggable architecture
  • Introduced best practices, standardized naming conventions, and code reviews
  • Developed a customer-facing website backed by real-time data feeds
  • Worked closely with stakeholders to drill out requirements and build documentation
  • Developed project timelines, estimates, and documentation
  • C#, HTML, CSS, Javascript, T-SQL, SSIS, DTS, web services
C# Developer Lang Manufacturing Everett, WA
2005 - 2007
  • Software design and integration of manufacturing, inventory, accounting, and purchasing systems
  • Analyzed processes, optimized workflows, and developed streamlined user interfaces
  • Developed project timelines, estimates, and documentation
  • Developed solutions to automate data transfer between disparate systems
  • Extensive data warehousing, extract-transform-load
  • Refactored and optimized existing code base
  • Worked closely with end-users to gather business requirements
  • C#, embedded C, T-SQL, SSIS, DTS, Asp.Net
C# Developer Seattle Public School District Seattle, WA
2004 - 2005
  • Developed software to automate administrative tasks
  • Created solutions in a cross-platform environment
  • Modeled, parsed, and distributed data
  • Honed people skills by working in an extremely diverse environment
  • C#, HTML / CSS, T-SQL, Active Directory, VS 2k3
C# Developer Fermilab DØ Project, University of Washington Seattle, WA
2002 - 2003
  • Developed a high-speed server platform to allow data to be distributed for grid computing
  • Optimized existing code to provide much faster multithreaded operation
  • Gained experience coding to exact specifications and coordinating with other team members
  • C#, ASP.Net, TCP/IP, multithreading