Ben Mcfadden
Principal Platform Engineer
Arizona, United States
Summary
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SeniorBen Mcfadden is a Principal Platform Engineer with 14 years of experience designing and operating resilient AWS-backed systems, currently leading platform work at Planning Center. He progressed from building hobby Ruby on Rails projects to architecting infrastructure that handles millions of requests per day, blending hands-on coding with platform-level ownership. At Planning Center he focuses on internal tooling, reliability, performance, and security while still contributing across the stack—from React front-ends to Rails backends. His background includes web application and custom CMS development for diverse clients, giving him a pragmatic approach to shipping maintainable systems. Based in Arizona, he brings steady, long-term operational experience and a knack for turning developer workflows into reliable internal services. An early start in network and web roles informs his emphasis on practical infrastructure and incremental improvement.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (69)
multithreading10
ruby10
rack10
sidekiq10
jruby10
fonts10
ecr10
server10
logos9
iconic9
branding9
ios9
thermostat9
css9
svg-font9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ForgeApps/sidekiq_json_stats
Apr 2016 - Jul 2021
An extremely simple way to get some stats about your Sidekiq jobs in JSON.
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
sidekiq-jobsrubysidekiqstatsjson
mcfadden/Easy-iContact---WordPress-plugin
Mar 2012 - Aug 2012
Contributions:25 commits in 5 months
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