Ben Mcalindin
Software Engineer at Norwegian Refugee Council
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Mcalindin is a data-driven software engineer with 10 years’ experience building human-centric products and leading teams, currently applying his skills at the Norwegian Refugee Council in Berlin. He combines full-stack engineering (Scala, Python, Node/React), DevOps with Kubernetes/AWS, and product-minded design to deliver solutions used in high-pressure, global humanitarian contexts. Previously he scaled teams and systems as Tech Lead at Faculty, creating a code-first design system and introducing GraphQL while shaping hiring, culture, and roadmaps. His background in physics and computer science and early experience in game development and QA give him a mix of analytical rigor, user empathy, and attention to detail. Ben is particularly interested in using technology for good, bringing both hands-on coding and cross-functional product leadership to crisis-focused projects. An appetite for experimenting with new tech and embedding research-led user insights makes him effective at turning complex data into practical, actionable tools.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Computer Science, Master's Degree, Computer Science at University of LiverpoolBachelor's Degree, Physics, 2:1, Bachelor's Degree, Physics, 2:1 at University of Leeds
Github Skills (59)
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golang9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
neb42/ui-studio
Apr 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:7 PRs, 122 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 5 months
neb42/fashion
Jan 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:151 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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