Ben Karl
Developer Programs Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBen Karl is a Developer Programs Engineer at Google with 11 years of experience building developer-facing software and tooling from ads SDKs to interactive web units. Based in New York, he contributes to prominent open-source projects such as the google-ads-python client library, adding API version support and practical examples that help customers adopt new Ads API features. His background spans software engineering roles at Condé Nast and hands-on ad engineering at Quartz, giving him a strong mix of backend integration skills and product-aware front-end experience. Early career work in communications and media strategy adds a rare customer-focused perspective to his developer advocacy, helping him translate product needs into usable code and documentation.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Interdisciplinary Study, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Interdisciplinary Study at University of California, BerkeleyFull Stack Web Development, Full Stack Web Development at General Assembly
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Github Skills (14)
google-ads-api10
api10
sdk10
python10
apidoc10
code-templates9
codelist9
testing8
py8
rubygems6
ruby6
transition6
react6
git4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
googleads/google-ads-python
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
Google Ads API Client Library for Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:60 releases, 244 reviews, 135 commits in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the Google Ads API Client Library for Python by adding support for new API versions and examples. They focused on integrating features from new API versions, including those related to AdWords features. The user also addressed issues around augmenting client call details metadata, and adding new code examples for customer management, showing they worked with the core functionality of the Ads API library.
google-ads-apipython
akaashhazarika/google-ads-python
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
Google Ads API Client Library for Python
Contributions:12 commits in 1 month
google-ads-apipython
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