Ben Alt
Engineering Manager at CharterUP
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Alt is an engineering manager and seasoned front-end architect with over a decade building durable, maintainable client-side applications and developer tooling. He has led teams and hands-on efforts spanning embeddable Vue.js platforms, backend-for-frontend patterns, shared component libraries, and ad-tech monetization that materially grew revenue. Comfortable shifting between individual contributor and leadership roles, he has a track record of improving engineering velocity through CI, release automation, and pragmatic process changes. Ben combines deep practical knowledge of progressive enhancement, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility with an appreciation for what is feasible to maintain across teams with varying front-end sophistication. Based in Austin, he pairs a long history at media and design-led firms with recent product-driven roles that doubled lead generation and unlocked seven-figure ad renewals. His background in philosophy and language hints at a thoughtful, user-centered approach to technical tradeoffs.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
German Language/Philosophy, German Language/Philosophy at Eberhart-Karls Universitat Tubingen, GermanyBA, German/Philosophy, BA, German/Philosophy at Western Michigan University
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
benalt/st-snippets
Jan 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:5 pushes in 1 year 2 months
benalt/benalt
Aug 2022 - May 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 9 months
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