Ben Klein
Technical Writer at Google
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolBen Klein is a Technical Writer with 15 years of experience crafting developer-focused documentation and shaping product user experiences across cloud and enterprise software. Currently at Google after senior documentation roles at VMware and Broadcom, he blends deep technical understanding with practical DevOps chops—evident from contributions to the spring-cloud connectors repo where he automated gh-pages documentation sync and improved build/dependency stability. Based in St. Louis, he has a background in hands-on development (Grails) and community writing for GroovyMag, which gives him rare empathy for both engineers and end users. Known for treating docs as part of the product, he focuses on measurable workflows that reduce friction for adopters and maintainers alike.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
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German, English
Stackoverflow
1,819reputation
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36answers
14questions
Github Skills (15)
git10
bash10
cicd9
documentation8
gradle7
gradlew7
vim6
database-migration6
code-snippets6
keyboard-shortcuts6
grails6
python6
database6
liquibase6
migration6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
spring-cloud/spring-cloud-connectors
Jul 2015 - Jun 2017
Library to let cloud applications connect to services
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:127 commits, 14 PRs, 119 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Ben's commits primarily focused on enhancing the project's build and deployment processes. They added a script to generate and synchronize documentation to the gh-pages branch, improving the project's documentation workflow. Additionally, the user contributed to merging changes and updating dependencies, indicating their role in maintaining the project's overall stability and maintainability.
connectorcloudspringletazure
ryanjbaxter/gs-circuit-breaker
Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:11 commits in 5 months
circuit-breakerhystrixdegradegracefullycircuit
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