# Benjamin Antalek > Special Projects Group at Apple Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/benjaminantalek Full-stack software engineer with 7+ years of experience building scalable web applications and cloud-based services. Adept as an individual contributor across the stack in cross-functional teams and delivering solutions in fast-paced environments. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Apple Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | California, United States • Developed real-time data visualization and map application with streaming telemetry, GraphQL, and Mapbox GL to provide users with interactive mapping and communication features for planning, operations, and review. • Designed and deployed internal web applications for manufacturing, operations, and analytics teams, streamlining workflows and reducing operational overhead. • Implemented an event streaming and microservices architecture, improving system extensibility and reducing latency, ensuring smoother performance across multiple platforms. • Built ETL data pipelines for many services, enabling analytics and reporting efforts to improve data-driven decision-making across the organization with validated accuracy. ### Full Stack Engineer @ Bluecrew Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area • Developed and deployed a secure full-stack authentication and registration flow for both web and mobile clients at Bluecrew, enhancing user onboarding and reducing registration time. • Designed and implemented a unified messaging platform using Segment to integrate multiple services and analytics tools, improving customer data, communication, and marketing effectiveness. • Contributed to the design and implementation of admin policies, database migrations, and backend development using AWS, Terraform, Sequelize, and SQL, streamlining deployment processes and reducing downtime. • Migrated the user interface from v1 Angular to v2 React, enhancing the user experience and improving load times, resulting in a smoother and more responsive application. ### Software Engineer @ Evoke Giant Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area • Developed infrastructure to facilitate the organization’s migration to React and AWS expanding opportunities for the agency and enabling faster development cycles. • Trained full-time developers on new infrastructure, React fundamentals and AWS deployment pipelines, enhancing team skills and enabling faster, more efficient project delivery. • Deployed applications within a two-week sprint cycle, meeting tight project deadlines. • Short term project based assignment. ### Chief Technology Officer @ UpOut Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area • Developed comprehensive features including registration, authentication, payments, push notifications, email, user events, and an admin portal, improving user engagement and streamlining admin workflows. • Refactored the JS/ PHP frontend and PHP/Python Flask backend, implementing asynchronous processing to enhance performance and responsiveness, reducing page load times by 30%. • Configured an NGINX proxy with a lossless image optimizer for PNG, JPG, and GIF formats, caching optimized images on S3, resulting in faster load times and a reduction in bandwidth usage. • Managed AWS infrastructure and deployment processes, including Docker containers, EC2 and ECR migration, RDS setup, and configuration of security groups and routing tables, improving system scalability and security. ### Corporate Manager of Business and Retail, AT&T @ AT&T Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Washington D.C. Metro Area • Designed solutions for mid-size businesses using an array of software, hardware, and IP services. • Trained and managed 50 executives to achieve strategic market growth in a competitive results-driven environment. • Top 3 in regional sales. ### Provost Board Member @ Binghamton University Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Vestal, New York, United States Responsible to the institution's governing board overseeing educational affairs, including research and academic personnel, and academic integrity. ### Teaching Assistant, Microeconomic Theory @ Binghamton University Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | State University of New York at Binghamton Honored to serve as a one on one mentor and material presenter to fifty bright and driven BU students twice a week for fifteen weeks in a graduate level teaching position. ### Multivariable Calculus Tutor @ Binghamton University Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | Vestal, New York, United States Tutored students who were struggling with the initial grasp of collegiate multivariable calculus as well as assisted those taking proficiency to the next stage. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Mathmatics, Economics Binghamton University Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 ### Computer Software Engineering Hack Reactor Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bfantalek --- Source: https://flows.cv/benjaminantalek JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/benjaminantalek/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22