Ben Hurst
Software Developer II at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Hurst is a Full-Stack Software Developer and Air Force veteran based in Seattle with eight years of professional experience and a strong focus on data visualization, accessibility, and UX-driven front-end engineering. At the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation he led migrations to Mapbox GL JS and championed design systems and performance improvements for public-health data tools—work that included rapid development of a COVID-19 forecasting tool used to inform national policy. He combines a technical foundation in React, d3, Node/Python backends, and cloud/container tooling with a pragmatic researcher’s mindset honed during a career in optical physics and DoD program leadership. Comfortable shipping both prototypes and production services, Ben also brings entrepreneurial instincts from freelance projects and an unusual life experience: he converted a vintage VW camper and drove the Pan‑Am Highway, growing a 20k+ audience while producing sponsored media. Colleagues rely on him for clear product-focused tradeoffs, accessibility advocacy, and turning complex datasets into usable, performant interfaces.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Enineering Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Enineering Physics at Saint Louis UniversityCertificate, Advanced Software Development in Full-Stack Python & JavaScript, Certificate, Advanced Software Development in Full-Stack Python & JavaScript at Code FellowsMaster's degree, Applied Physics, Master's degree, Applied Physics at U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology
Spanish, English
Github Skills (35)
antd10
typescript10
ui-design10
react10
ui-toolkit7
administration7
scraper7
async-loading7
crawler7
django-rest6
python6
react-component6
asynchronous6
celery6
task-queue5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Intellinewz/intellinews_api
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:52 commits, 10 PRs, 14 pushes in 2 months
benbenbuhben/benbenbuhben.github.io
Aug 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
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