Ben Tatum

Senior / Founding Software Engineer

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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

  1. Senior Software Engineer · Typing.com

    Dec 2023May 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

  2. Lead Engineer (Founding) · StealthTest.com

    Oct 2021Dec 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

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