Summary
Benjamin Schmaus is a senior software engineering manager with 16 years of experience leading teams that build scalable cloud-native platforms, developer tooling, and multimedia applications. He has driven infrastructure and delivery improvements at large technology organizations including Netflix, Comcast, and The New York Times, and currently leads engineering at Vanguard. Benjamin blends hands-on architecture and full-stack experience with product-minded leadership—having shifted into technical product management roles and built shared CI/CD platforms supporting tens of thousands of builds per day. His background in music technology informs a creative approach to interactive and real-time systems, evidenced by leading AR musical instrument software and media platforms. Based in Philadelphia, he excels at uniting cross-functional teams to deliver resilient, production-grade services that scale.
16 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Music Music Technology, Bachelor of Music Music Technology at Duquesne University