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Benjamin Cheng
From United States
02:27 PM
(GMT-04:00)
$70/hr
or
$120,000/yr
Active over a week ago
Senior Software Engineer
Full-Stack Engineer
Available for hire
Years of
experience
12+ years
Experience
level
Senior
Available
for
Full-time, Part-time, Contract
Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience designing, migrating, and scaling cloud-based applications. Skilled in modern frameworks and technologies including FastAPI, Next.js, Node.js, Django, React, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Docker, with deployments on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes. Experienced in automating infrastructure with Terraform, building microservices architectures, optimizing system performance, and developing developer-friendly tools like custom Backstage plugins. Proficient in CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and observability, with a proven track record of improving application performance, reducing downtime, and leading projects from legacy migration to production-ready systems.
Skills
Languages
Employment History
Senior Software Engineer at
Box
Current
2019
-
Now
Automated and modernized cloud infrastructure and applications by migrating legacy systems to scalable architectures using Kubernetes, FastAPI, and Next.js, implementing CI/CD and Terraform-based deployments, and building multi-service systems while ensuring reliable delivery and production support.
Senior Software Engineer at
Salesforce
2016
-
2019
Developed and optimized a full-stack online course platform using Django and React, implemented cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, enhanced performance of APIs and dashboards, and improved developer experience through custom tooling and system refactoring.
Software Engineer at
Philips
2016
-
2016
Delivered full-stack and real-time systems including payment integrations and drone management platforms, improved development practices and code quality, and built scalable, high-performance applications using Java, C#, React, and Django.
Staff Software Engineer at
IBM
2012
-
2016
Developed dashboards and real-time web applications, built REST and GraphQL APIs with microservices architecture, and integrated backend services with front-end systems to support scalable feature development.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008
-
2011