Ben Coleman
Principal Software Engineer at UL Research Institutes
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Coleman is a Principal Software Engineer based in California with a decade of experience building cloud-native, full-stack systems that span infrastructure, databases, APIs, observability, and data pipelines. He combines deep hands-on expertise in Python, JavaScript, Kubernetes/Helm, Terraform, AWS, GraphQL and PostGIS/PostgreSQL with practical leadership—designing back-end systems, running production Kubernetes clusters for autonomous drone operations, and guiding engineering teams. His work ranges from emergency response systems (NERIS) to distributed data processing for public health and geospatial applications, reflecting a consistent thread of using software to improve real-world outcomes. Trained in computer science and geography, he brings an uncommon mix of geospatial domain knowledge and systems engineering, often translating messy data and operational constraints into reliable, production-grade solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoUniversity of Georgia
Github Skills (42)
django8
flask8
python8
gevent8
python-server8
geospatial8
boto8
ogc7
shift7
nodejs7
osgeo7
long-polling7
aws7
api7
micro-framework6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ulfsri/neris-api-client
Jul 2024 - Jun 2026
National Emergency Response Information System API Client
Contributions:13 reviews, 36 PRs, 31 pushes in 1 year 11 months
neris
saltaverde/rapid
Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:25 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
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