Benjamin King - Software Engineer & Manager

I'm Ben, an Engineering Manager and technical leader with 10+ years experience building high-impact products at scale. I specialise in transforming complex data challenges into elegant business solutions while leading teams and driving engineering excellence.

I have led engineering teams, mentored dozens of engineers, and have owned products serving 40,000+ users at major financial institutions. At Fonoa, I am responsible for products representing 40% of company ARR, processing 15M+ transactions monthly.

I am comfortable running 1:1s, contributing to hiring and performance reviews, and facilitating architectural decisions with the team; as well as rolling up sleeves on complex distributed systems design.

What drives me is building systems that matter and growing the people around me. I thrive at the intersection of technical depth and leadership: architecting scalable solutions, raising the technical bar through mentorship, and aligning engineering with business outcomes.