Ben Halperin
Staff Software Engineer at Develo
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolBen Halperin is a Staff Software Engineer based in Denver with 11 years of engineering experience who transitioned from mechanical design to software after earning a Front-End Web Developer Nanodegree from Udacity. He brings a pragmatic, product-focused mindset shaped by early mechanical roles at Honda R&D and MEP firms, where he solved real-world constraints that now inform his approach to building maintainable, user-centered software. Ben has progressed through technical roles at athenahealth, Amazon, Patina, and Develo, demonstrating rapid learning and a knack for shipping impactful features in both startup and large-company environments. Known for teaching himself to code while working full-time early in his career, he combines creative problem solving with disciplined engineering practices and a continued curiosity for better UX in complex systems.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree Front-End Web Development, Nanodegree Front-End Web Development at UdacityBS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis
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Github Skills (43)
cypress9
sendbird9
testing-library9
svelte-testing-library8
react-testing-library8
vue-testing-library8
component-testing8
testing8
angular-testing-library8
cli6
strict-mode6
code-generation6
type-safety6
codegen6
xstate6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bahalperin/frontend-nanodegree-arcade-game
Oct 2014 - May 2017
Contributions:34 commits, 1 push in 2 years 7 months
bahalperin/phoenix-ash-chat
Jul 2023 - Mar 2026
Contributions:7 reviews, 1 PR, 47 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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