Ben Friedland
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolBen Friedland is a founding engineer and seasoned backend developer based in Seattle with 11 years of experience building Django/Python systems, internal CRMs/ERPs, and business-process automation for security and logistics companies. He has repeatedly combined hands-on coding with technical leadership—guiding agile squads, mentoring peers, and shaping solutions architecture for SMB clients and startups. At Rhino Security Labs he built bespoke tooling that streamlined penetration testing workflows and contributed to open-source cloud security projects, and at Shipwell he powered backend services integrating hundreds of carriers into a national freight marketplace. Comfortable across the full stack and distributed teams, he treats every project as a learning opportunity and enjoys prototyping solutions that reduce operational friction. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic problem-solving that balances product needs, maintainability, and automation.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
History, Sociology, History, Sociology at Oregon State UniversityCertificate, Python Development, Certificate, Python Development at Code Fellows
Github Skills (13)
ethereum8
wsgi-server7
http-server7
http7
gunicorn7
python6
unix5
wsgi5
raspberry3
automation1
accelerator1
raspberry-pi1
home-automation1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
defzzd/AsteroidsTest
Jan 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:36 PRs, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
gameasteroidsprogramsmini-programsnear
caseymacphee/RPi-HAUS
Nov 2014 - Dec 2014
Contributions:37 commits in 6 days
raspberry-piuser-servicesraspberryhome-automationautomation
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