Benjamin Schaefer
Vice President Of Software Engineering at Optimizely
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Schaefer is a seasoned software engineering leader with 11 years of experience architecting revenue-driving platforms and scaling teams, currently serving as Vice President of Software Engineering at Optimizely. He has progressed through technical and managerial roles—from hands-on engineering and QA to solutions architecture and executive leadership—demonstrating deep familiarity with SaaS, APIs, and customer-facing product platforms. Based in Greater Boston, he leads large cross-functional organizations (80+ engineers) focused on building systems that win deals and generate measurable business impact. His background includes early-career work in automation, API support, and front-end frameworks, giving him a rare combination of delivery discipline and product empathy. He also brings an educator’s mindset from prior special education and tutoring roles, which informs his approach to mentoring and organizational development. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who balances code-level curiosity ("code IS cool!") with strategic commercial outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Data Analytics - partial course work completed, Master's Degree Data Analytics - partial course work completed at Southern New Hampshire UniversityPost Baccalaureate Teacher Certification General Special Education, Post Baccalaureate Teacher Certification General Special Education at UNH OnlineBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Philosophy at University of New HampshireInternet Developer Certificate Computer Science, Internet Developer Certificate Computer Science at Nashua Community College
Github Skills (15)
episerver10
personalization9
explore9
reference-implementation8
asp-net-core-mvc8
data-platform7
mongodb7
foundation7
asp-net6
php6
asp-net-core6
modular6
commerce6
ecommerce5
cms5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
codeiscool23/Design-Patterns-Practice
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:7 pushes in 5 days
episerver/SocialAlloy
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
Reference implementation demonstrating features of Episerver Social
Contributions:45 commits in 1 month
episervermongodbreference-implementation
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