Ben Zenker
Engineering Manager at Amplify
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Zenker is an Engineering Manager in Denver who blends a decade of software and creative imaging experience to lead teams building web and UX-driven products. With a BS in Motion Picture Science from RIT, he pivoted from media engineering and VFX pipeline roles into full-stack architecture and senior engineering leadership, bringing a strong eye for image technology and production workflows to software delivery. At Molecule VFX and later Amplify he progressed from pipeline and data I/O roles to senior engineer and now manager, demonstrating an ability to translate complex media pipelines into scalable web systems. He thrives at the intersection of art and tech—comfortable coaching teams, shipping user-focused features, and solving multimedia engineering challenges that others might overlook.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Motion Picture Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Motion Picture Science at Rochester Institute of TechnologyAdvanced Regents Diploma, Advanced Regents Diploma at Liverpool High School
English, American Sign Language, Spanish
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Github Skills (117)
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azure-blob-storage10
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
benz2012/PortfolioWebsite
Jan 2016 - Mar 2024
A personal portfolio website for Ben Zenker
Contributions:74 PRs, 92 pushes, 6 branches in 8 years 3 months
reactbenjavascriptgatsbyjspersonal-portfolio-website
benz2012/derby-dashboard
Oct 2017 - Apr 2022
A web app that displays fundraising data, along with schedules and challenges
Contributions:356 commits, 169 PRs, 143 pushes in 4 years 6 months
reactdisplaysschedulesjavascriptdynamodb
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