John Bender
Software Development Manager at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios
Seattle, Washington, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJohn Bender is a software development manager with 12 years of experience leading engineering teams through rapid delivery and cost-efficient scaling, currently driving initiatives at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios. He has a track record of improving team velocity and product focus across roles at AWS, Changepoint, TUNE, and earlier technical and academic positions. Comfortable bridging research and product, he pairs a PhD-level analytical mindset with hands-on leadership to ensure teams work on the right problems with the right people. Known for asking pragmatic questions about cost, speed, and prioritization, he consistently translates those answers into measurable process and architectural improvements. Based in Seattle with a background in both industry and academia, he brings seasoned mentorship and operational rigor to complex, high-impact media and cloud platforms. An understated strength is his experience teaching and mentoring—shaping engineering cultures as well as systems.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of TechnologyBS, BS at Montana State University-Bozeman
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Github Skills (19)
s3cmd8
cordova-ios-plugin6
roku6
cli6
cordova-ios6
export-to-excel6
kendo-ui6
cordova-android6
java6
cordova-plugin5
phonegap5
cordova4
ios2
sdk2
android2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
tieunun/cocos2dx-plugin
Mar 2014 - Mar 2014
Contributions:4 commits in 3 days
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