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Benjamin Cheng

@benjamincheng

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Senior software engineer scaling cloud applications with modern frameworks and reliability-focused delivery.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a senior role where I can own cloud migrations and platform reliability—shipping microservices with modern frameworks, strong CI/CD, and observability—while improving performance and building developer tools that help teams move faster.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience designing, migrating, and scaling cloud-based applications. I build and ship systems end-to-end—automating infrastructure, migrating legacy workloads to production-ready platforms, and optimizing performance to reduce downtime.

At Box and previously at Salesforce, Philips, and IBM, I’ve worked across full-stack development and platform engineering: React/Next.js frontends, Django/FastAPI/Spring Boot services, and data stores like PostgreSQL and DynamoDB. I’m also strong in CI/CD, containerization, observability, and Kubernetes migrations, including building developer-friendly tooling like custom Backstage plugins to improve delivery speed.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

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Box

Apr 2019 - Present (7 years 2 months)

Automated AWS infrastructure for a Healthcare application by importing existing resources into Terraform and enabling developer self-service via a CLI. Migrated microservices from Docker Compose/EC2 to Kubernetes on EKS and modernized a legacy Node.js/Express app to FastAPI and Next.js with automated deployments to minimize downtime.

AWS Terraform Kubernetes Docker fastAPI Next.js DynamoDB CI CD Microservices

Senior Software Engineer

Salesforce

Aug 2016 - Mar 2019 (2 years 7 months)

Built an online course platform with Python and Django REST APIs and developed the React/Redux frontend styled with Tailwind CSS. Implemented CI/CD and containerized deployments to AWS using Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, and created custom Backstage plugins to improve developer experience.

Python Django React Redux Docker Kubernetes Terraform CI CD Backstage TailwindCSS

Software Engineer

Philips

Mar 2016 - Aug 2016 (5 months)

Delivered end-to-end payment solutions integrating Stripe, PayPal, Adyen, Worldpay, and Zettle to ensure secure, reliable transactions. Built and improved real-time backend and web applications using Spring Boot for drone management and established development practices with React, Django, MongoDB, and GraphQL.

Payment Integration Stripe PayPal Adyen Worldpay Spring Boot React Django GraphQL

Staff Software Engineer

IBM

Jan 2012 - Mar 2016 (4 years 2 months)

Developed dashboards and event-driven microservices that delivered real-time UI updates using Flask, PostgreSQL, and Socket.IO. Built GraphQL and REST APIs with Node.js/Express to support partner integrations and early-stage feature development.