Summary
Benjamin Gummoe is a product-oriented engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling web and ML-enabled systems across startups and mid-size companies. He has led cross-functional teams at Policygenius, AssemblyAI, and Atticus, managing engineering groups that deliver core APIs, data pipelines, and consumer-facing React services primarily using Python, Go, and Ruby. As a manager he blends hands-on technical oversight with roadmap and stakeholder alignment, repeatedly shipping new B2B products, partner integrations, and model training infrastructure. Based in the Rochester, NY area, he now pairs civic service as a City Council Member for Geneva with ongoing senior engineering leadership, signaling a commitment to community-focused technology. He holds an information systems management master’s from Carnegie Mellon and a BA in philosophy, a combination that informs pragmatic decision-making and clear communication. Colleagues describe him as a generalist who thrives at the intersection of product, data, and infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Non-Matriculating Information Technology, Non-Matriculating Information Technology at Monroe Community College
Master of Information Systems Management Information Technology, Master of Information Systems Management Information Technology at Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
B.A. Philosophy, B.A. Philosophy at The College of Wooster
English