Ben Wu
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorBen Wu is a seasoned software engineering leader based in San Jose, California, and the current Leader of Software Engineering at Cisco, where he has been shaping teams and delivery since 2023. Over more than a decade, he has held responsible roles from UI Architect at Anomali to Engineering Manager at Armorblox and Staff Software Engineer at Chegg, bringing a blend of frontend craft and backend systems thinking. He emphasizes human-centered culture and data-driven design to build innovative, scalable solutions that boost productivity for people with diverse daily needs. At Chegg, he mentored engineers, led frontend modernization, and implemented practices around code review, testing, and performance, including migrating version control from SVN to Git. A UC San Diego CS graduate, Ben's hands-on, experiment-driven mindset—rooted in the belief that 'failure is the mother of success'—drives practical, reliable software at scale. He thrives on turning complex requirements into accessible, auditable architectures and guiding teams through growth and change.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (83)
margin9
facebook9
testing8
node-sass8
libsass8
shadow8
javascript7
gulp7
rainbow7
grid7
autocomplete6
toolbar6
angular6
file-system6
user-space6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wubenhe/dmhacker-youtube
Oct 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:27 pushes in 2 years 3 months
herokuproxyyoutube
wubenhe/griddle-customs
Jul 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:8 releases, 1 PR, 11 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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