Summary
Benjamin Rich is a senior technology leader and hands-on engineering executive with 24+ years of experience delivering cloud-native, enterprise-grade software and building global teams. Currently leading engineering at Gremlin after a multi-role progression from manager to director, he combines deep platform and CI/CD expertise (Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform) with a background in QA and automation that keeps reliability and observability front and center. He has a proven track record of moving products from performance benchmarking and test automation into production-ready services while driving cost, process and operational efficiencies. Comfortable across AWS, Azure and GCP, he pairs cloud architecture and DevOps strategy with practical implementation skills in Java, Python and Go. A former U.S. Army Military Police officer, he brings disciplined leadership and escalation management experience that’s reflected in his roles resolving global support escalations and shaping cross-functional roadmaps.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at Brookwood High School
Computer Information Systems, Computer Information Systems at Gwinnett Technical College
Certificate of Completion Course, M102: MongoDB for DBAs, Certificate of Completion Course, M102: MongoDB for DBAs at MongoDB University