Ben Steadman
Software Engineer at Jump Trading
Colchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBen Steadman is a software engineer with 10 years' experience building efficient, user-focused systems and distributed stream-processing platforms. Currently at Jump Trading, he combines strong backend engineering in Python, Rust, and Go with practical expertise in Kafka, Docker, and AWS to deliver reliable, event-driven services. A regular open-source contributor, Ben has improved API documentation and Python 3 compatibility in notable projects like Flask-RESTPlus/RESTX and Minecraft-Overviewer, demonstrating attention to maintainability and developer experience. He is an autodidact who augments formal study in AI and full-stack web development with hands-on work across finance, digital services, and consultancy. Known for refactoring legacy code and improving test infrastructures, he excels at turning complex requirements into clear, testable implementations. Based in Colchester, UK, he seeks roles where community-driven development and practical engineering intersect.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence at UdacityA Level, Computing, A Level, Computing at The Sixth Form College Colchester
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Github Skills (20)
json10
api-rest10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
testing10
swagger10
flask-ask10
api10
rest10
rest-api10
refactoring10
flask10
documentation10
minecraft9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
python-restx/flask-restx
Jan 2020 - May 2020
Fork of Flask-RESTPlus: Fully featured framework for fast, easy and documented API development with Flask
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 20 commits, 22 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on refactoring and updating the codebase to align with a project rename from Flask-RESTPlus to Flask-RESTX, which involved find-and-replace operations across multiple files. They addressed issues related to PyPI description rendering by switching from `setup.py test` to `twine check`. The user also removed legacy elements like Akamai from the license and CHANGELOG.rst. They updated project authorship details and configuration variables to reflect the fork.
apipythonflask-apirestfulflask
noirbizarre/flask-restplus
Mar 2019 - Sep 2019
Fully featured framework for fast, easy and documented API development with Flask
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 23 PRs, 25 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the Flask-RESTPlus project by implementing and enhancing Swagger documentation features. They added functionality for configuring "Try it Out" functionality and documented it. Additionally, the user improved Swagger documentation for multiple routes and fixed an issue with the OAuth2 example. These changes focused on improving API documentation generation and configuration.
apipythonflask-apirestfulflask
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