# Benjamin Shaibu

> Software Engineer

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/benjaminshaibu

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Benchling
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Working on www.appsheet.com

### Software Engineer, Full-Stack @ Palantir Technologies
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, CA

### Forward Deployed Software Engineer @ Palantir Technologies
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Palo Alto, CA

### Product Quality Engineer @ Palantir Technologies
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
Product Quality Engineer and Forward Deployed Quality Engineer

### Quality Engineering Intern @ Palantir Technologies
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013

### Intern @ Intel Corporation
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
I created Software Tools for managing various workloads and projects. I created scripts for data collections, worked on the server for routing the data, and helped synthesize the data into a Windows 8 Application Platform.

### Madrid Software Development and Web Design Intern @ FDI - SHIVERLAND
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
Developed web applications on the front-end and back-end of for website, including a one-to-one chat system and data routing scripts.

### Extern @ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011
2011
Intern in Building 21 under Doctor Edward Sittler
Ran simulations and tests to compare a Wien Filter to the theoretical model. Goal was to assist in the testing and analysis of an ion mass spectrometer designed for the mission to Europa under the Astrobiology Instrument Development Program. Ran simulations and designed a test apparatus.

### Instructor @ Empowering Minds Foundation
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010
SAT Instructor. Taught students SAT skills (primarily Critical Reading and Writing, but also Math). Sought to give them the tools to succeed not only on the SAT, but on academics and test-taking in general over the course of a summer.

### Assistant Karate Instructor @ Tompkins Karate Association
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010
Assistant Instructor for TKA Karate at Beltsville Community Center. Instilled Martial Arts skill into younger students while teaching them self-control and discipline. Maintained a positive, fun, learning environment.

### Academic Intern @ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
Academic Intern under Code 541 Associate Branch Head Charles E. Powers.
Conducted experiments to determine the optimal conditions for predicting incandescent lamp life time in order to collect data
for the lamps to be used on the James Webb Space Telescope.


## Education
### BS in Electric Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### High School Diploma in Science and Technology
Eleanor Roosevelt High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benjamin-shaibu-81578126

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Last updated: 2026-04-11