Benjamin Lampel
Sales Development Representative
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Lampel is a versatile technologist and go-to builder with 11 years of experience bridging data engineering, product, and developer advocacy. A UCSB BS/MS graduate, he formerly championed Apache Airflow integrations at Astronomer and contributed backend fixes to OpenLineage and Airflow—work that included Snowflake operator compatibility and Great Expectations V3 support—demonstrating deep expertise in data pipeline reliability and connector interoperability. He transitioned into product and business roles (Product Manager, Business Ops, and now Sales Development), bringing technical fluency to commercial outreach and GTM execution. Benjamin also co-founded and directed large-scale student hackathons, showing longtime strengths in logistics, mentorship, and cross-team coordination. A creative writer by inclination, he combines engineering rigor with clear communication to translate complex data systems into practical outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High school diploma, High school diploma at Granada Hills Charter High SchoolBS/MS Computer Science, BS/MS Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara
Github Skills (17)
apache-airflow10
data-pipelines10
python10
snowflake10
data-engineering10
testing10
etl10
orchestrate10
great-expectations10
sql10
airflow10
orchestration10
data-pipeline10
bigquery9
aws9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
OpenLineage/OpenLineage
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
An Open Standard for lineage metadata collection
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 10 commits, 15 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily focused on integrating and fixing issues related to database operator changes, specifically within the context of Snowflake and Great Expectations. They addressed breaking changes in the SnowflakeOperator and ensured backward compatibility, demonstrating a deep understanding of the Airflow ecosystem and its interaction with database connectors. Furthermore, they contributed to the compatibility of OpenLineage with the Great Expectations V3 API, fixing validation action issues. The user's work showcases expertise in data pipeline integration and addressing database-related dependencies.
data-analyticsdata-managementcqllineagemetadata-management
apache/airflow
Jul 2021 - Apr 2023
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows
Role in this project:Data Engineer
Data EngineerContributions:28 reviews, 12 PRs, 58 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily contributed to the Apache Airflow project by implementing and testing new operators for data transfer and data quality checks. Their work included creating the `LocalFilesystemToS3Operator` for transferring files from a local filesystem to Amazon S3, as well as adding BigQuery column and table check operators and Snowflake operators. They also refactored and improved existing SQL check operators. These contributions expand Airflow's capabilities for data integration, data quality, and interacting with cloud services.
monitorpythonschedulerapacheprogrammatically
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