# Ben Kaufman

> Software Engineer at MOLTEN

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/benkaufman

I recently graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a major in Computer Science and secondary majors in Economics and Mathematics with a concentration in Statistics. In general, I enjoy learning about and solving problems.

Technical Skills:
Languages : Python, R, Java, Scala, C, Matlab (Octave)
Web Technologies : HTML, XML, Jinja
Servers : Flask, ApacheTomcat, Bokeh
Databases : Postgres, GreenPlum, MySQL
Functional Skills : OOP, API, Agile Software Development
Tools and IDEs : Git, PyCharm, Eclipse, Jenkins, Maven, Ansible, AWS technologies (S3, EC2, RedShift, Elastic Beanstalk)

Also, here is a link to my Github where you can find some of my random coding or math-related projects if you care to see them. (Some are very messy though)

https://github.com/benkaufman1757/Random

## Work Experience
### Lead Software Engineer @ Molten Cloud
Jan 2025 – Present

### Software Engineer @ Molten Cloud
Jan 2019 – Present | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Research Assistant @ National Bureau of Economic Research
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Cambridge, MA

### Reporting Warehouse Co-op @ DataXu
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
- Developed storage capacity forecasting system based off of business-side data predict the size of various company databases
- Developed file processing monitor 
- Participated in all aspects AGILE development, bi-weekly sprint planning meetings, scrum, etc.
- Co-developed data streaming service based in Amazon S3 and interfaced through highly customized flask server that also allows streaming directly from main (Greenplum) company databases (or an infinitely scalable and highly elastic data streaming service with high level interfaces)
- Attended weekly DX Literati meetings which included topics from the creator of the Julia programming language speaking about his new language to a machine that is unbeatable at poker.

### Portfolio Management Intern @ Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
Shadowed portfolio manager responsible for emerging markets debt. Attended and participated in investor presentations, client calls and meetings, weekly team strategy meetings and performance reviews.


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benkaufman626

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Last updated: 2026-03-31