đyler Benson
Startup Technical Advisor at ServiceNow
Greater Orlando United States
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Top SchoolTyler Benson is a seasoned Java engineering leader and startup technical advisor with 14 years of experience building and operating high-volume, cloud-native systems and agent-based observability tooling. He led Datadogâs Java APM efforts from single-developer prototype to a revenue-driving product and now heads OpenTelemetry work at ServiceNow while advising early-stage founders. A frequent open-source maintainer and contributor to high-profile projects like OpenTelemetry and Datadog/dd-trace-java, he brings deep expertise in auto-instrumentation, message-oriented middleware, and performance-sensitive refactors. Known for pragmatic, outside-the-box problem solving, he pairs hands-on implementation (including JVM agents and serverless Java) with API and SDK design. Based in Greater Orlando, he blends startup grit and large-company scale experience and even tracks competitive programming standingâask about his LeetCode rank.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Arts (AA) at Northern Marianas CollegeMissionary in Taiwan, Taichung, Missionary in Taiwan, Taichung at Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day SaintsBrigham Young UniversityâHawaiiBS, BS at Brigham Young University
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Github Skills (24)
dependency-management10
apidoc10
groovy10
refactor10
java10
javas10
junit10
api10
sdk10
spring-boot10
opentelemetry10
refactoring10
test-automation10
kafka-streams8
testing8
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
DataDog/dd-trace-java
Mar 2018 - Aug 2021
Datadog APM client for Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 releases, 1111 reviews, 531 commits in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:đyler made several contributions to the Datadog APM client for Java, focusing on enhancements to its tracing capabilities. They upgraded dependencies, including Byte Buddy and Cassandra, and addressed internal architectural changes, such as handling the de-duplication of traces and improving the accuracy of data capture. Additionally, the user deprecated and removed older methods within the tracing API, demonstrating a focus on codebase maintenance and refinement, and implemented internal refactorings that affect how traces are buffered.
apm-clientapmbytebuddydatadoghqtracing
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation
Nov 2019 - Jan 2025
OpenTelemetry auto-instrumentation and instrumentation libraries for Java
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:80 reviews, 50 PRs, 47 pushes in 5 years 3 months
Contributions summary:đyler's contributions primarily involved implementing and testing Spring JMS Template features. They added tests for Spring JMS Template and Send and Receive message patterns. The user also demonstrates experience with dependency injection, as well as Spring annotations. The code changes include JUnit tests using Groovy and demonstrate a strong understanding of message-oriented middleware (MOM) concepts and testing frameworks.
instrumentationinstrumentation-librariesjava-agenttracingauto-instrumentation
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