Ben Zenker
Engineering Manager at Amplify
Denver, Colorado, United States
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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 (96)
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dynamodb10
transcode10
animation9
graphic9
webdav9
golang9
audio9
swift9
openstack-swift9
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backblaze9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
benz2012/wiggle-animate
Jun 2019 - Apr 2021
A vector-based motion graphics animation tool that enables rapid development with an intuitive user interface.
Contributions:1 review, 65 commits, 94 PRs in 1 year 10 months
animationgraphicgraphics
hansenjohnson/vital
Sep 2024 - Aug 2025
ingest and annotate images and videos of animals
Contributions:6 releases, 16 PRs, 14 pushes in 10 months
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