Ben Judd is a Tech Lead Manager based in New York with a decade of experience building and leading teams that deliver scalable, production-grade systems. At Nuro he blends hands-on engineering with people leadership, drawing on a strong academic foundation (MS and BS from the University of Pennsylvania/Jerome Fisher M&T Program) and prior roles at startups and companies like Xignite and MongoDB. He contributes to low-level, performance-sensitive open-source projects (notably backend work on the respected kakoune code editor) and has a track record of improving reliability, memory usage, and test coverage. Beyond engineering, Ben has run large technical events and logistics—procured $90k+ in vendor services for PennApps—showing aptitude for negotiation and operational execution. He brings a pragmatic, systems-minded approach to complex distributed and cloud systems while still enjoying the craftsmanship of backend code.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma; IB Diploma, Business and Finance, 3.96/4.00, High School Diploma; IB Diploma, Business and Finance, 3.96/4.00 at Bergen County Academies
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE), Computer Science at Jerome Fisher M&T Program
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
Contributions:2 reviews, 6 commits, 6 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the code editor's backend functionality, evidenced by commits related to unit tests, memory allocation, and string manipulation within the codebase. They modified existing code to incorporate bug fixes and made enhancements by introducing comments. The user also addressed deprecated functions and made style improvements, which indicates an active role in maintaining and improving the project's source code.
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