Ben Nappier is a Principal Engineer based in San Francisco with a decade of experience building full-stack, data-intensive web applications and leading engineering teams. He has driven major platform migrations and performance-focused features—such as Mavenlink’s Master Planning—and recently led the UI-generation Forms initiative to enable comprehensive product customization. Comfortable across Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, SQL, and Kubernetes, Ben blends TDD and XP practices with hands-on delivery of ML-backed applications from his time at SupportLogic. He’s equally passionate about mentoring and team-led iteration, having led analytics and platform health efforts that improved stability and scalability. With a dual background in Computer Engineering (Columbia) and Economics (Claremont McKenna), he brings both technical depth and product-minded thinking to ambiguous problems.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Economics, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Economics at Clarmont McKenna College
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Engineering at Columbia University
Contributions:153 commits, 17 PRs, 86 pushes in 3 months
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