About

Ben Blazke is a highly skilled Full-stack Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in software design and development. He has a solid understanding of frontend, backend, data cleaning and manipulation, tools design, automation, AWS, open source, deployment, testing, and monitoring. Ben is proficient in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Linux, and HTML5. He is an evangelist for TDD/BDD, Agile development, and Design Patterns. Currently, Ben is working as a Staff Software Engineer at Course Hero, where he leads the Uploader tech/team. Previously, he worked as a Senior Software Engineer - Front End at Course Hero, where he was part of the Growth (Document Acquisition Team). Ben also worked as a Senior Software Engineer at 23andme, where he worked primarily on “Research Stream,” an internal framework for developing surveys and questions, presenting them to users, and collecting valuable phenotypic data. He developed and delivered several projects and cognitive games as part of the initiative to bring scientific discoveries back to customers while increasing customer participation in answering research questions. Ben has a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Northwestern Polytechnic University and a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from Mendel University. He has a strong technical background, and his tech stack includes Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Python, Javascript, Typescript, AWS, Frontend, test, Research Scientist, Backend, Django, and MySQL. Ben is a highly motivated and dedicated professional with relevant experience of 17.87 years. He is passionate about software engineering and is always looking for ways to improve his skills and knowledge. Ben is an active member of the developer community and has a GitHub profile where he shares his work and contributes to open source projects.