Benjamin Roy
Staff Software Engineer at SoFi Tech Solutions
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Roy is a Staff Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building reliable full-stack systems and distributed cloud infrastructure, currently driving platform work at Galileo Financial Technologies. He has a strong focus on operational reliability and delivering customer and business value, shaped by production engineering at Meta and long-running infrastructure roles at the University of Washington. Benjamin emphasizes team leadership through ownership and accountability, empowering engineers to own services end-to-end. His background spans networking to service management, giving him a systems-first perspective that helps bridge frontend, backend, and ops concerns. Outside engineering, a history as a wildland firefighter reveals a pragmatic, calm approach to high-pressure incidents and complex problem solving.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Psychology (with some Computer Science), Bachelor of Arts - BA Psychology (with some Computer Science) at University of WashingtonAmerican University
Github Skills (59)
avaya8
mp37
user-registration6
mp46
graphite6
github-authentication6
streaming5
database5
html5-video5
ldap-authentication5
pbx5
opentelemetry5
facebook-login5
flash5
webservice5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
benroy73/bpg
Apr 2013 - May 2013
Contributions:10 commits in 25 days
benroy73/pwa
May 2020 - Feb 2026
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
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