Ben Hesseldieck
Vice President Of Technology & Engineering at Code & Co.
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolBen Hesseldieck is a people-first engineering leader and language-agnostic software engineer with over a decade of experience building web and mobile applications across cloud and on-prem architectures. As Vice President of Technology & Engineering at Code & Co. he pairs technical due diligence for investors with hands-on team building, having previously led and grown engineering teams at n8n and Restack. He contributes to notable open-source projects like n8n—improving SQL node performance and expanding database integrations—which reflects his knack for pragmatic backend engineering. Ben combines product-minded technical leadership with startup founder experience and teaching, making him equally comfortable mentoring engineers, shipping code, or evaluating technical health for growth investments. Based in Berlin, he’s known for turning good teams into high-performing, happy teams while staying empathetic and approachable.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Semester Abroad Economics and Management, Semester Abroad Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityAdvanced Software Engineering Immersive, Advanced Software Engineering Immersive at Hack ReactorMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science and Management, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science and Management at Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) General Management, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) General Management at EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
German, English, Chinese, French
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Github Skills (14)
workflow-automation10
postgresql10
sql10
mssql10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
nodejs9
aws-pinpoint6
amazon-web-services6
react-native6
deep-linking6
aws-amplify6
react6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
n8n-io/n8n
Jul 2020 - Sep 2022
Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:423 reviews, 249 commits, 133 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ben extracted the `executeQuery` function into a separate file, improving code organization within the Postgres node. They also contributed to the MSSQL node, integrating its basic setup and functionality, including `executeQuery`, insert, update, and delete operations. Furthermore, they refactored the insert functionality to handle a larger number of values and added missing indexes to improve query performance. They also contributed to QuestDB node integration.
productivity-toolsn8npythonlow-code-platformrpa
BHesseldieck/starter-airflow
Jul 2023 - Apr 2024
Starter repository for Airflow CI/CD with Restack
Contributions:139 PRs, 5 pushes, 7 branches in 9 months
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