Summary
Ben Chandler is a Staff Software Engineer in Portland, Maine with a decade of experience building and stabilizing Python/Django platforms and APIs. He blends hands-on engineering with team coaching, having split duties as a senior engineer and Scrum Master to improve practices, inclusion, and predictability. Recently on a platform team at Contrast Security, he focuses on automating EC2 provisioning, IAM and S3 configuration to ensure reliable, OS-agnostic deployments and to become a strong support engineer. His background includes eGift product work and production support that contributed to an award-winning commerce platform, plus early tutoring in computer science and Java. Ben emphasizes readable, well-tested, well-documented code and routinely goes the extra mile to help colleagues succeed. Colleagues rely on him as a steady, pragmatic problem-solver who bridges day-to-day support and long-term platform stability.
10 years of coding experience