Benjamin Watson
Lead Software Engineer at Cox Automotive Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Watson is a Lead Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building full-stack and DevOps solutions, currently driving engineering and cloud automation at Cox Automotive in Atlanta. He blends hands-on expertise in TypeScript/Node.js, Java, Python, AWS and Terraform with a leader’s instinct for improving safety, speed, and reliability across teams. Known for clear communication and rapid learning, he regularly translates complex technical trade-offs into practical, auditable decisions for non-technical stakeholders. An avid rock climber and hiker, he applies the same risk assessment and pathfinding skills from the outdoors to navigating challenging engineering problems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Valdosta State University
Github Skills (42)
docker10
javascript-client10
keychain10
nodejs10
cli10
javascript9
terraform9
terraform-provider9
aws9
command-line-tool9
node-client8
go8
validation8
trend8
runtime-type8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Cox-Automotive/cox-chapi
Feb 2017 - Jun 2020
A Node.js module and command line tool that encapsulates CloudHealth's REST API
Contributions:45 commits, 25 PRs, 13 pushes in 3 years 5 months
command-line-toolnodejsrestrest-apicloud
americk0/github-actions-demo
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:5 releases, 58 PRs, 86 pushes in 9 days
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