Ben Woodward
Senior Engineer II at CrowdStrike
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolBen Woodward is a Senior Engineer II based in Seattle with 11 years of experience building reliable, production-focused software and delivery pipelines. At CrowdStrike he contributes to security-oriented engineering while also maintaining a strong open-source footprint—working on front-end UX and internationalization for a popular WiFi QR card project and improving CI/CD and Docker workflows for the high-profile Envoy proxy. He blends hands-on React UI work with DevOps expertise, particularly around Docker image management and automated release processes. Colleagues would describe him as pragmatic and detail-oriented, often surfacing small UX and localization fixes alongside backend automation improvements.
11 years of coding experience
Art Institute of Seattle
Stackoverflow
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5kreached
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Github Skills (24)
javascript10
docker10
css10
bash10
dockers10
cicd10
html10
react10
rails-i18n9
github-ci9
ember-i18n9
githubaction-workflow9
i18n-js9
mobile-development7
infrastructure7
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
bndw/wifi-card
May 2020 - Jan 2023
📶 Print a QR code for connecting to your WiFi (wificard.io)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:97 reviews, 85 commits, 245 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the front-end development of the WiFi card application. They implemented and refined UI components using React, including the card display, input fields, and QR code generation. Key contributions include improvements to the user interface, such as adding a rotate feature, and formatting, while also addressing bug fixes, like input field length restrictions and character escaping. The user also focused on localization and internationalization, adding translations for multiple languages.
qrcodereactwificarddogs-over-catsqr-code
envoyproxy/envoy
Jun 2017 - Nov 2017
Cloud-native high-performance edge/middle/service proxy
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:6 commits, 11 PRs, 48 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on improving the CI/CD pipeline and Docker configuration for the Envoy project. Their contributions involved modifying Docker build and push scripts, configuring Docker images for various environments, and migrating the project to a new Dockerhub account. Furthermore, they addressed issues related to Docker tagging and release processes, improving the automation and deployment workflows. These changes aimed to enhance the continuous integration and delivery of Envoy.
nanoservicesmore-catsgolangcontainersproxy
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