Ben Scharf
Lead Engineer at STEAMe
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolBen Scharf is a software engineer with eight years of experience building backend systems and microservices, currently contributing to STEAMe after a multi-year tenure at Deloitte Consulting. He specializes in Python, PostgreSQL, and Elasticsearch to deliver RESTful APIs, and has practical experience deploying services on AWS using CDK, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines. Comfortable stepping into frontend work, he has shipped React interfaces in JavaScript/TypeScript and values decomposing complex product requirements into scalable, maintainable designs. Based in Chicago and grounded in a Computer Science degree from Northwestern, he thrives on collaborative, high-performing teams and a pragmatic approach to engineering trade-offs. An understated strength is his consistency: a steady track record of moving projects from prototype to production in enterprise environments.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Northwestern University
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Github Skills (31)
flask-restplus9
rest9
sentiment9
api9
waterfox9
flask9
python8
restful8
swagger8
gecko8
json8
browser7
scrape7
sentiment-analysis6
reflect5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bdscharf/cryptoscrape
Aug 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:8 PRs, 78 pushes, 9 branches in 8 months
pythoncurrenciesscrapesentimentcrypto
bdscharf/reflect
Feb 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:172 commits, 22 PRs, 101 pushes in 3 months
nlpemotiondeep-learningreflectthought
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