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Benjamin Burgess

Hughesville,MD

Summary

Curious and enthusiastic geek with a team-focused attitude. Comfortable navigating the full stack with proven ability to build, test, and deploy mobile and web applications. Comfortable in new domains and am galvanized by working on novel, beautiful problems with similar-minded coworkers.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
06.2021 - Current
  • Developed efficient, modular software to scrape fields from tens of millions of PDFs
  • Utilized multi-threading and locking for safe, high work throughput
  • Redesigned their website with component modularity and maintainability at the forefront
  • Supervised over 5 interns, creating presentations and assignments to nurture their learning.
  • Analyzed and optimized SQL queries, leading to over 30% speed improvements in several critical use cases

CTO

HoneyDone
06.2023 - Current
  • Managed company-level architecture, platform and data configuration processes and implementation protocols.
  • Utilized Firebase emulation to rapidly test backend logic
  • Integrated Firebase Authorization and Firestore Rules to increase application security
  • Setup CICD pipeline using Xcode Cloud and GitHub Actions
  • Created cross-platform Bluetooth library for customized Bluetooth interactions

Web Director

The Independence
09.2023 - 06.2024
  • Developed a website for The Independence at UChicago
  • Handled 1000s of visitors with no performance issues

Education

Computer Science -

The University of Chicago
Chicago
06.2024

Skills

  • React
  • Swift
  • C
  • HTML
  • Firebase
  • CSS
  • Regular Expressions
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • CI/CD
  • Communication skills
  • Javascript
  • C#
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Devops
  • Website Development

Timeline

Web Director

The Independence
09.2023 - 06.2024

CTO

HoneyDone
06.2023 - Current

Software Engineer

Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
06.2021 - Current

Computer Science -

The University of Chicago
Benjamin Burgess