Benjamin Zagorski
Senior Software Engineer at Cortland
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Zagorski is a Senior Software Engineer based in Oakland with a decade of professional experience and a strong foundation in mathematics and education. He builds user-focused full-stack applications—primarily with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and React—and has shipped production features across startups and mid-stage companies, from mobile field tooling to investment dashboards and robust integrations. Benjamin converts learning into product: side projects like ScareBnb, an educational JavaScript game, and the ZADT Ruby gem for abstract data types showcase his habit of turning curiosity into reusable tools. Comfortable working across APIs, offline-first mobile scenarios, and test-driven refactors, he also brings classroom-honed communication skills that help non-engineers manage assets and workflows. His background as a math instructor and legal assistant informs a pragmatic problem-solving style and an appetite for playful interfaces that teach as they delight.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Local SEO Certification, Local Search Engine Optimization, Perfect Score, Local SEO Certification, Local Search Engine Optimization, Perfect Score at Local SplashUniversity of California Santa CruzWeb Development, Web Development at App Academy
English, French
Stackoverflow
175reputation
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5answers
6questions
Github Skills (60)
countdown10
countdown-timer10
react-native-jsi9
timer9
blackjack8
asyncstorage8
counter8
read-write7
data-storage7
e-mail6
collections6
activerecord6
ruby-on-rails6
ios-simulator6
react6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
MrMicrowaveOven/array_groups
Apr 2019 - Aug 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 4 months
MrMicrowaveOven/ArrayMethodsPractice
May 2016 - Aug 2023
Contributions:2 pushes, 3 branches in 7 years 3 months
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