Malcolm Balch-crystal
Senior Software Engineer II at HubSpot
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMalcolm Balch-crystal is a Senior Software Engineer II based in Boston with 12 years of experience focused on infrastructure, systems, and scalability. Currently at HubSpot, he advanced from Senior Software Engineer to his current role while previously building data and backend systems at companies like Nift Networks and Jana. His background blends production-facing engineering with data engineering experience, giving him a strong perspective on both pipeline reliability and scalable service design. Early roles in education tooling and web redesigns show a practical, hands-on foundation in software craftsmanship and mentoring. Colleagues would note his pattern of moving between startups and larger teams, translating ambiguous product needs into robust operational systems.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Oberlin College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (51)
facilities10
kebab-case10
monitoring9
graphite9
database9
promql9
k8s9
victoriametrics8
python8
scalability8
prometheus8
pmm8
opentsdb8
ansible8
grafana8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mbc1990/markov-bot
Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:33 commits, 2 PRs, 31 pushes in 1 month
slackbotwordsslack-bot
mbc1990/lore
Mar 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:6 PRs, 34 pushes, 3 branches in 9 months
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