# Ben Congdon I'm a Software Engineer in Seattle, WA. ## About I'm currently a Software Engineer at [Databricks](https://databricks.com/) in Seattle. I am an infrastructure tinkerer in the intersection of distributed systems and artificial intelligence. I enjoy optimizing complex systems for reliability and speed. I spend a lot of time thinking about AI and developer tooling. I've worked in the past at Google, Facebook, and Zillow. Previously, I studied Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Outside of work, I enjoy [running](/blog/2025/12/04/Race-Report-Seattle-Marathon-2025/) 🏃‍♂ī¸, spending time in nature 🏔ī¸, cooking đŸŗ, [writing](/blog) ✍ī¸, [reading](/books) 📚, and, as of recently, [flying](/blog/2025/12/27/Notes-from-Early-Flight-Training/) 🛩ī¸. ## Featured Posts - [Feature Flagging at Databricks](https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2026/03/12/Feature-Flagging-at-Databricks/index.md) - [Software Engineering in 2026](https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/29/Software-Engineering-in-2026/index.md) - [Collecting Shibboleths](https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/18/Collecting-Shibboleths/index.md) - [Fifty Bits of Career Advice](https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/08/11/Fifty-Bits-of-Career-Advice/index.md) - [B-Trees: More Than I Thought I'd Want to Know](https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2021/08/17/B-Trees-More-Than-I-Thought-Id-Want-to-Know/index.md) ## Links - [Blog](https://benjamincongdon.me/blog) - [Tools I Use](https://benjamincongdon.me/tools) - [Reading List](https://benjamincongdon.me/books) - [Blogroll](https://benjamincongdon.me/blogroll) - [Podcasts](https://benjamincongdon.me/podcasts) ## Contact - Email: ben@congdon.dev - GitHub: [bcongdon](https://github.com/bcongdon) - Twitter: [BenRCongdon](https://twitter.com/BenRCongdon) - LinkedIn: [bcongdon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bcongdon)