# Ben Lindenbaum

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Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/benlindenbaum

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## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ CrowdVolt (YC W24)
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States
Summer 2025
- Built cache and optimized logic for highest usage APIs (5k req/min), cutting both P(99) and average latency in half
- Rebuilt corresponding cache invalidation strategy and tested against complex business logic
- Allowed large sellers to view their sales up to 80% faster by migrating complex python logic into a SQL query
- Cut down operational load by augmenting CX chat to utilize templates and AI responses, developed a custom embedding load process and logic to form responses based off internal data
- Built a persistent chat widget internally, allowing ops to context switch and quickly resolve order issues 
- Enabled the ops team to have real time data by building a variety of features using WebSockets and Redis Pub/Sub
- Migrated critical workflows to an async job queue to stabilize our core API, re-wrote Python to Go for additional performance gains for ~90% faster run time

Summer 2024
- Designed and built a full-stack point-of-sale platform using Python, SQL, and React, enabling brand growth
- Increased sales volume by 10% by creating automated SMS retargeting campaign system in Python
- Saved the operations team 4 hours a week of work by developing a payout system
- Revamped the user experience through a complete redesign of profile pages, improving user experience
- Leveraged SQL to perform detailed sales growth analysis and develop a plan for user retention and market expansion
- Increased customer satisfaction and operational efficiency by designing and implementing a full-stack support case and automatic event transaction settlement system

### Barista @ Sullivan St Bakery
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Intern @ Vision Education & Media (VEMNY) - RoboFun
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Taught 4 to 7 year olds robotics and computer programming at day camp

### Founder @ Programming for All
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States
-Created an eight week computer coding curriculum for underserved students
-Recruited and managed 10+ volunteer tutors from multiple high schools 
-Identified and partnered with Kingsbridge Heights Community Center, Beacon Goddard Riverside, West Side Commons, and Morningside Heights Public Library to teach coding lessons
-Created website (programmingforall.org) with background information, resources for students and parents, and accessible lessons for tutors

### Intern @ INARU
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Lived in the DR; communicated in Spanish; worked on cacao farms; wrote and edited corporate documents; created social media content; crew member on video shoots

### Camp Counselor @ Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, New York, United States
Led activities for 18 third graders; managed conflicts; recorded attendance and dismissals


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Philosophy
Rice University
Jan 2023 – Jan 2027

### High School Diploma
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ben-lindenbaum-1015b6223

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Last updated: 2026-03-20