Benjamin Walker

Benjamin Walker has a diverse and extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Benjamin is currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Pandion since April 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Flexport as a Senior Software Engineer from December 2021 to April 2022.

Walker's previous experience includes working at Liberty Mutual Insurance as a Principal Data Engineer from April 2020 to December 2021. In this role, they led software and infrastructure engineering for the data lake platform team, working with AWS technologies, Kafka, Apache NiFi, Kotlin, Java, Snowflake, Snaplogic, and Datadog. Benjamin also designed CICD capabilities for Kafka Connect connectors and built a data observability platform.

Before that, Walker worked at Porch as a Staff Data Engineer from August 2019 to April 2020. There, they led the integration of business units into a common domain model, introduced Kafka technologies into the data infrastructure pipeline, and refactored functionality into real-time implementations.

Prior to Porch, Walker was a Senior Data Engineer at Rover.com from February 2018 to August 2019. Benjamin supported the data infrastructure team, migrating data infrastructure across AWS accounts, defining architecture for streaming platforms and data lakes, and teaching query performance tuning.

Walker's earlier roles include Engineering Director, Architect at Porch from November 2015 to January 2018, Director of Data Engineering at Porch from April 2014 to November 2015, and Senior Software Engineer at Porch from April 2013 to April 2014. In these roles, they led teams, designed core technologies and infrastructure, and engineered data management processes.

Benjamin also has experience outside of the technology field, working as Senior Vice President of Information Technology at Luth Research from January 2012 to March 2013, Director of Information Technology at Luth Research from December 2009 to January 2012, and in various roles at Luth Research and URS Corporation.

Additionally, Walker has experience in environment remediation as a UXO Tech II at EODT from July 2006 to October 2006 and as a UXO Tech II at URS Corporation from October 2004 to January 2006.

Overall, Benjamin Walker has a strong background in software engineering, data engineering, and leadership roles across multiple industries and organizations.

Benjamin Walker obtained a certificate in Computer Information Systems from Coleman College during the years 2004 to 2006. Prior to that, between 1995 and 1996, they attended Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD), although no degree or field of study information is available for this period.