Ben Saufley
Principal Software Engineer at Cake
Portland, Maine, United States
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Top SchoolBen Saufley is a Principal Software Engineer and seasoned full-stack leader with over a decade of experience designing and shipping scalable web applications from data layer to responsive UIs. He combines a self-taught web background and BFA in animation with an MA in global marketing, which informs his strong product sensibility and UX-aware frontend architecture. Ben has led high-impact migrations and platform work—driving a Preact migration, building a shared component system, and launching a dynamic reporting suite that materially improved performance and revenue for enterprise clients. Equally comfortable hands-on or at the org level, he standardizes CI/CD, testing, and observability to make continuous delivery safe and predictable. He mentors engineers and builds developer tooling that shortens onboarding and accelerates delivery, and outside work he occasionally illustrates and follows soccer—small creative outlets that surface in his user-focused design thinking.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Animation Interactive Technology Video Graphics and Special Effects, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Animation Interactive Technology Video Graphics and Special Effects at Savannah College of Art and DesignCheverus High SchoolMA Global Marketing Communication and Advertising, MA Global Marketing Communication and Advertising at Emerson College
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Github Skills (200)
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static-site-generator10
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
MidnightRiders/MemberPortal
Jan 2017 - Jul 2024
Members-only application for the Midnight Riders
Contributions:94 PRs, 490 pushes, 126 branches in 7 years 7 months
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