Ben Kalish
Full-stack Developer at TorahAnytime
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Kalish is a full-stack developer based in New York with a strong foundation in mathematics and about 11 years of professional experience, currently focused on building and maintaining web and mobile features for TorahAnytime. He works across the stack with React, React Native, Next.js, TypeScript, Node/Express, Sequelize, MySQL, Temporal and Docker, and has expanded from mobile app work into backend and web platform ownership. Ben emphasizes performance, reliability, and pragmatic testing—introducing Jest, React Native Testing Library and Maestro to improve stability and shipping cadence. He’s experienced in diagnosing and resolving major stability issues and enjoys tackling tough technical challenges that directly improve the user experience. A high-achieving student (BS in Mathematics, 3.9) who retrained in software engineering, he blends analytical rigor with hands-on engineering to deliver measurable product improvements.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, 3.9, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics, 3.9 at Touro UniversityComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at The School of Evolving Technologies (PCS)
Github Skills (21)
vagrant6
transcription6
wordpress-plugin6
wordpress6
django6
ancestry6
crowd5
crowdsourcing4
tagging4
creative-commons4
natural-language-processing3
nlp3
tinymce3
omeka2
svn2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bkalish/wordpress.plugin.definitionlists
Nov 2014 - Mar 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 years 4 months
tinymcewordpresswordpress-plugindefinitiontinymce-editor
forbeslibrary/forbeslibrary.github.io
Feb 2018 - Mar 2025
A temporary website for when forbeslibrary.org is down
Contributions:1 PR, 48 pushes, 4 branches in 7 years 1 month
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