Summary
Ben Basuni is a founder and systems builder with a decade of experience designing operational spines that connect software, hardware, and business workflows for startups and enterprises. He combines hands-on engineering (TypeScript, Python, AWS, SQL, Docker) with product and go-to-market instincts, having shipped internal productivity platforms that cut engineering overhead by double-digit hours per week. Ben runs Binary 1702 Labs as a controlled R&D space for stress-testing system patterns before deployment and has led platform design at multiple ventures, including AI-enabled customer-facing tooling and Shopify-integrated e-commerce systems. Comfortable owning architecture through implementation, he leverages prompt engineering and LLMs to automate code and operations, often producing production-ready systems solo. Based in Greater Sacramento, he pairs a philosophy background with formal ML and software engineering training, which shows up in his focus on reliable, low-human-load systems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
π³π± TIBA
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Hack Reactor
Bachelors Philosophy, Bachelors Philosophy at UC Santa Barbara
Machine Learning, Machine Learning at Springboard
Chinese, Indonesian, English, Spanish