Summary
Benjamin Vacha is a Senior Backend Software Engineer with 11 years building highly available, production-grade systems across healthcare, fintech, and consumer domains. He takes end-to-end ownership from scoping and technical tradeoffs to production operations, specializing in TypeScript/Node.js, REST and GraphQL, MongoDB/Postgres, and AWS. His background blends computer science and electrical engineering, informing pragmatic system design and a knack for reliable infrastructure in regulated environments. Benjamin has shipped at scale for companies like BitPay and now AbleChart, and thrives in mission-driven teams where product-market fit matters. Off-hours he combines technical curiosity with creative pursuits—entrepreneurial projects and graphic art—which shows up in a practical, multidisciplinary approach to problem solving.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Colorado State University