Ben Galehouse
Senior Software Engineer at Niantic, Inc.
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Galehouse is a mathematically minded Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of industry experience, now building systems at Niantic after a long tenure at Google. He combines deep theoretical training—a Ph.D. in Mathematics from NYU and a BS in Mathematics and Physics from Carnegie Mellon—with hands-on backend engineering, notably contributing C++ client networking and OpenSSL integration to the widely used GRR incident-response project. Ben focuses on robust, secure communication and maintainable code, bringing a track record of bug fixes, logging and test infrastructure improvements that raise operational quality. Comfortable at the intersection of rigorous algorithmic thinking and production-scale systems, he thrives on translating complex specifications into reliable, testable implementations.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics at New York UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics and Physics at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (13)
server-communication10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
client-server10
openssl10
protobuffer10
server-client10
protobuf10
server-client-communication10
qtest9
testing9
unit-testing9
system-testing9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
google/grr
Nov 2014 - Jun 2017
GRR Rapid Response: remote live forensics for incident response
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 23 commits, 4 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the C++ client communication program for the GRR project. Their work included implementing the `http_connection.cc` file and incorporating the OpenSSL library for cryptographic operations. They fixed bugs related to string handling and proto imports, ensuring the C++ client could interact with the GRR server. Additionally, they added logging control and test infrastructure to improve code quality and maintainability.
incident-response
bgalehouse/fleetspeak
Nov 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:392 pushes, 234 branches in 2 years 2 months
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