Benjamin Yelsey is a technical leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling web, mobile, and backend systems, now serving as Technical Lead II at HubSpot while also acting as CTO of a quantitative trading firm. He has led cross-functional teams delivering iOS and Android products, driven frontend and API architecture, and tackled AWS scaling challenges across consumer and finance domains. Benjamin combines hands-on engineering with managerial craft—moving from tech lead roles to senior engineering manager positions where he prioritized shipping features and platform reliability. His physics background from Swarthmore underpins a quantitative approach to problem-solving, reflected in his involvement with algorithmic trading systems. Based in New York, he blends product-focused execution with systems thinking and a knack for translating complex requirements into pragmatic engineering roadmaps.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Physics, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Physics at Swarthmore College
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Benjamin Yelsey - Technical Lead II at QCap Management, LLC