Ben Payne
Senior Software Engineer I at KSL
Springville, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolBen Payne is a senior software engineer with 15 years of hands-on experience building backend systems across industries from home automation to retail and media. He is proficient in systems-level and modern languages (Go, C, C++, Java, D, .NET) and has a track record of shipping production APIs, reporting platforms, and custom back-office frameworks. Currently contributing at KSL and Deseret Digital Media, he combines deep problem-solving instincts—honed since he started coding at 12—with recent graduate-level study in cybersecurity. Active in regional technical communities like the Utah Open Source Foundation and IEEE Computer Society, he blends practical engineering with community stewardship. Outside work he pursues outdoors and active group activities, a habit that complements his collaborative approach to complex technical challenges.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Cybersecurity, Master of Science, Cybersecurity at Utah Valley University
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Github Skills (48)
monorepo8
react8
angularjs8
lan8
irc-bot8
emoji8
react-native7
minecraft7
golang7
gitmoji7
xbox7
mattermost7
ioc-framework7
collaboration7
cli7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
oorrwullie/routy
Feb 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:5 reviews, 4 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 4 months
trixtur/CsBot
Jan 2016 - Apr 2021
An IRC bot written in C# with several games built in
Contributions:2 reviews, 10 PRs, 57 pushes in 5 years 4 months
csharpirc-bot
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