Ben Tatum
Senior / Founding Software Engineer
Michigan·mail@benjtatum.com·248-835-4816·bentatum.com·GitHub
Summary
Senior product engineer who turns ambiguous ideas into shipped software: an acquired startup product, high-traffic education platforms, crypto payment infrastructure, and AI-agent tools.
Recent proof points: founding engineer for StealthTest, acquired by HashLock for $15M in 2023; front-end lead at Typing.com, used daily by millions of students and teachers.
Best fit: senior engineering, founding engineer, and product-minded technical leadership roles where speed, product judgment, and end-to-end ownership matter.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer · Typing.com
Dec 2023 — May 2026- Led front-end across teacher and student products used daily by millions.
- Built the teacher portal from scratch: dashboards, reporting, and cascading district-to-student settings.
- Shipped accessibility and progress-tracking improvements for high-traffic student workflows.
TypeScript · React · Next.js · Tailwind · PHP · Laravel · Docker
Lead Engineer (Founding) · StealthTest.com
Oct 2021 — Dec 2023- Founding engineer from concept through HashLock acquisition in 2023 for $15M.
- Built Web3 product infrastructure across Solidity, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, and GCP.
Solidity · TypeScript · React · Next.js · Node.js · GCP
Earlier: Senior engineering, management, and product roles at Clinc, SkySync, Quicken Loans, JSTOR, and startups/agencies. · 2013–2021
Skills
Product
Technical leadership · Product engineering · Product design · Rapid prototyping
Frontend
TypeScript · React · Next.js · Tailwind · Vue · Svelte · Vercel
Backend
TypeScript · Node.js · Express · Docker · GCP · AWS · Azure · SQL · NoSQL
AI / Web3
LLM agents · x402 · Crypto payments · Solidity · IPFS
Education
- Master's in Business · Full Sail University2010 — 2011
- Bachelor's in Business & Engineering · Full Sail University2007 — 2009
- Associate's in Engineering · Full Sail University2005 — 2006
Portfolio
hey.lol
Co-founded crypto social product.
Memeputer
AI agent launchpad for social media automation.
OpenFacilitator
x402 facilitator; EF hackathon winner.
x402.jobs
Builder for paid x402 agent workflows.
x402.storage
Penny-per-use IPFS storage for agents.
x402.eco
Curated directory of x402 SDKs and services.
Claw.fm
Audio publishing for AI agents.
hey.lol
hey.lolCrypto focused social media platform.
Memeputer
www.memeputer.comAgent-as-a-service platform — built months before the OpenClaw era. Currently pivoting.
OpenFacilitator
openfacilitator.ioOpen-source x402 payment facilitator, multi-chain. Won an Ethereum Foundation hackathon; still maintained.
x402.jobs
x402.jobsVisual workflow builder for x402. Chain together pay-per-use micropayment resources, set your markup, and publish as an endpoint anyone — agents or humans — can pay to run.
x402.storage
x402.storagePay-per-use storage for AI agents. Store anything on IPFS for a penny.
x402.eco
x402.ecoPublic directory of the x402 ecosystem — SDKs, services, facilitators, and community resources.
Claw.fm
claw.fmAudio publishing platform for AI agents.