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Ben Cheng

@bencheng1

I build and ship fintech and SaaS products from architecture through production.

United States
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I built and shipped LiveBooks, an SMB accounting system with a Vue/Electron desktop app, Rails and PostgreSQL backend, and Dockerized services deployed to Railway.

I designed secure local-first ledgers and resilient bank-sync jobs that stay correct through unreliable connectivity and synchronized workflows. I owned architecture, deployment, debugging, and production issues end-to-end.

At Bill, I built Java services and REST and gRPC APIs for distributed AWS systems used by 3,000+ accounting firms. I reduced core API load times from 45 seconds to 5 seconds for 20,000+ daily users, and my endpoint pattern was adopted by five internal teams.

I've also led product simplification and performance work at Cardagraph and helped build Workplace21's React and Rails platform, including an ingestion pipeline handling 12,000+ daily events from seven sources.

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LI

Founder & Engineer

LiveBooks

Jun 2025 - Aug 2026 (1 year 2 months)

Built and shipped an SMB accounting system with a Vue/Electron desktop application, Rails and PostgreSQL backend, and Dockerized cloud services deployed to Railway. Engineered secure local-first ledgers and resilient bank-sync jobs for unreliable connectivity.

CA

Technical Lead

Cardagraph

Dec 2025 - May 2026 (5 months)

Consolidated fragmented release and change-management features into 3 streamlined workflows, reducing product complexity. Profiled and optimized slowest pages, cutting load times from 90 seconds to 10 seconds through query tuning and caching.

BI

Software Engineer II

Bill

Jun 2022 - May 2025 (2 years 11 months)

Built Java services and designed REST and gRPC APIs using Protocol Buffers across distributed services in a legacy system on AWS, supporting workflows for 3,000+ accounting firms. Reduced core API load times from 45 seconds to 5 seconds for 20,000+ daily users.

WO

Founding Engineer

Workplace21

Dec 2018 - May 2022 (3 years 5 months)

Built a React + Rails product and ingestion pipeline handling 12,000+ daily events from 7 sources, powering the platform's core AI-assisted feedback engine. Automated enterprise performance-review prep, cutting preparation time from 6 hours to 2.5 hours per employee.

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