Ben Hawley
Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Hawley is a Senior Software Development Engineer with eight years of experience building production-grade systems across e-commerce and cloud platforms. He progressed from developer roles at Digital Design Labs and PrettyLittleThing.com to engineering positions at AWS, where he moved from SDE to Senior SDE, reflecting a focus on scalable, reliable services. Comfortable across the stack, he brings practical experience shipping customer-facing features under fast release cycles and operating in large, distributed teams. His academic background includes computer science studies at the University of Liverpool with a study-abroad term at the University of Ottawa, suggesting adaptability to different technical and cultural environments. Based in Vancouver, he pairs hands-on implementation skills with a track record of accelerating platform maturity in both startup and hyperscale contexts. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who scales systems thoughtfully while mentoring peers through complex delivery challenges.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of LiverpoolComputer Science - Study Abroad, Computer Science, Computer Science - Study Abroad, Computer Science at University of OttawaHawarden High School
English
Github Skills (6)
aws9
cloud-infrastructure8
typescript8
infrastructure-as-code8
nodejs7
cloud-development-kit7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
benhawley7/fortnite-api-io
Feb 2020 - May 2021
NodeJs module for making requests to fortniteapi.io
Contributions:9 reviews, 64 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 2 months
nodejs
benhawley7/benhawley.net
Nov 2018 - Jul 2023
Personal Portfolio of Work
Contributions:3 PRs, 30 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 8 months
cssjavascriptreactreactjs
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