Ben Grabow
Software Engineer at Metabase
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolBen Grabow is a Staff Software Engineer in Madison, WI with a decade of experience building distributed and event-driven systems, currently focusing on Clojure-based reactive architectures at Splash. He brings an uncommon blend of deep scientific training—M.S. in Medical Physics and dual B.S. degrees in Engineering Physics and Mathematics—and practical software craftsmanship across C++, Ruby, JavaScript, and build automation. His background includes real-time MRI visualization for neurosurgery, nuclear isotope production experiments, embedded firmware, and cloud service design, which informs a pragmatic approach to complexity and reliability. A self-taught polyglot who quickly acquires domain expertise, Ben advocates for simplicity and idiomatic Clojure while leading architecture and delivery for mission-critical systems. He’s comfortable across the stack and toolchain—from low-level hardware and simulation to front-end React/Redux and CI/CD pipelines—bringing scientific rigor to software design and testing.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Medical Physics, Master of Science (M.S.) Medical Physics at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Science (B.S.) Engineering Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Engineering Physics at The University of Tulsa
English, German
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Github Skills (71)
dashboard10
postgresql10
jaxb10
clojure10
metabase10
data-visualization10
database10
coercion10
embedded-analytics10
mysql10
analytics10
slack10
data-analysis10
visualization10
business-intelligence10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
bgrabow/aoc-2021
Dec 2021 - Dec 2024
Contributions:52 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years
bgrabow/JSGo
Sep 2016 - Jan 2024
Contributions:15 pushes, 8 branches in 7 years 5 months
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