Ben Botsford
Site Reliability Engineer at Surescripts
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolBen Botsford is a Site Reliability Engineer and senior Python curriculum developer with a decade of cross-disciplinary experience spanning education, software engineering, and biology. He blends hands-on backend development and test automation—demonstrated by extensive contributions to Flask/REST curriculum repos and pytest test suites—with SRE practices supporting large user bases. At Flatiron School he led Python, SQL, and Flask curriculum design while mentoring peers and aligning materials with stakeholder needs; at UT Austin he managed authentication and access for 80,000+ users. His background in biology and cognitive science informs a learner-centered approach to tooling and documentation, making complex technical concepts accessible. Based in Denver, he pairs pragmatic engineering with strong communication skills to drive reliability, pedagogy, and measurable outcomes across teams.
4 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Biology, Biology at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Arts - BA, Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University
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Github Skills (34)
unit-testing10
url-routing10
api-rest10
sqlite10
pytest10
apidoc10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
testing10
databases10
multiview10
data-structure10
flask-ask10
fibonacci10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
learn-co-curriculum/python-p3-oop-putting-it-all-together
Jun 2022 - May 2023
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 17 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Ben focused on implementing and refining unit tests within the project. They updated existing test files for both `shoe` and `book` modules, incorporating new test cases and modifying existing ones. Their work involved refactoring the test structure and adjusting imports, demonstrating an understanding of test-driven development and ensuring code quality. This included adding tests to check if data types are correct, as well as testing of properties.
learn-co-curriculum/python-p4-routing-and-views-lab
Sep 2022 - Apr 2023
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on developing the backend application logic for a Flask-based web application. Their contributions included creating routes, views, and implementing core functionalities like string printing, number counting, and mathematical operations. Furthermore, the user wrote test cases to ensure that the application's endpoints functioned as expected. Refactoring and restructuring test configurations was also carried out.
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