Resume / Professional background

Ben Lawson

Sr Staff Software Engineer

Weston, FL

I’m a product-minded software engineer with more than a decade of experience designing, modernizing, and shipping production systems. My background spans solution architecture, proof of concepts, build and deployment platforms, .NET services on Linux and Kubernetes, and hands-on product development.

Experience

January 2019 — Present

Sr Staff Software Engineer

Ultimate Software · Weston, FL

Lead solution design, architecture, and proof-of-concept work for production software.
Establish and maintain codebases, build pipelines, and deployment architecture while delivering features and enhancements in an Agile Kanban team.
Modernized .NET Framework applications deployed on Windows into .NET Core services running in Linux containers on Kubernetes.

December 2018 — January 2019

Tech Lead

Ultimate Software · Weston, FL

Mentored engineers, represented the team in technical planning, and remained hands-on with defect resolution and internal tooling.

February 2013 — December 2018

Software Engineer

Ultimate Software · Weston, FL

Resolved production defects, developed workarounds, and collaborated directly with customers and feature teams.
Built and maintained internal tools that automated repetitive work and streamlined engineering workflows.

September 2012 — February 2013

Software Test Engineer Intern

Ultimate Software · Weston, FL

Created Selenium-based automated test suites to validate UltiPro customizations for large customers.

Education

2009 — 2012

A.S. Computer Programming & Analysis

Broward College · Davie, FL

Recognition

2019

MVP Award

Ultimate Software

Languages & technologies

Languages

C# · TypeScript · JavaScript · Java · SQL

Application

.NET · ASP.NET · .NET Core · Angular · MVC · REST APIs

Delivery

Git · GitHub · Bitbucket · TeamCity · Concourse · GitHub Actions

Platforms

Linux · Kubernetes · PCF · Windows