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Benjamin Black
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Location: Brooklyn, New York, United StatesApprox. Years of Experience: 17
Benjamin Black's Current Workplace
Better
Company Size
1001-2500
Amount Raised
$905.0M
Founded in 2016, Better is a digital-first homeownership company whose services include mortgage, real estate, title, and homeowners insurance. \n\nFrom its founding in 2016 through mid 2021, Better funded over $45B in home loans and provided over $25B in cumulative coverage through Better Cover and Better Settlement Services, the insurance divisions of Better. Better has raised over $400M in equity capital since inception. \n\nThe company was ranked #1 on LinkedIn’s Top Startups List for 2021 and 2020, #1 on Fortune’s Best Small and Medium Workplaces in New York, #15 on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 2020 list, as well as being listed to Forbes FinTech 50 for 2020. For more information, follow @betterdotcom.\n\nJoin us. \n\n NMLS #330511 | NMLS Access: better.ryukyu/3WJ99P8\n\n© 2021 Better Holdco, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.\nHome lending products offered by Better Mortgage Corporation. Better Mortgage Corporation is a direct lender. NMLS #330511. 3 WTC, Floor 57, New York, NY 10007. Loans made or arranged pursuant to a California Finance Lenders Law License. Not available in all states. Equal Housing Lender. NMLS Consumer Access\nBetter Real Estate, LLC is a Virginia Licensed Real Estate Firm with its principal office located at 312-F East Market St., Leesburg, VA 20176. License #0266029484. Equal Housing Opportunity\nBetter Mortgage Corporation, Better Real Estate, LLC, Better Settlement Services, LLC and Better Cover, LLC are separate operating subsidiaries of Better Holdco, Inc. Each company is a separate legal entity operated and managed through its own management and governance structure as required by its state of incorporation, and applicable and legal and regulatory requirements. Products not available in all states.
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Notable Investors
Citi, Alumni Ventures, Goldman Sachs, SoftBank Vision Fund, Empede Capital
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FinTech
Lending
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Home Services
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Financial Services
Experience
Staff Software Engineer
Better · Full-time
Feb 2018 - Present
7 yrs
Led the development of new functionality and bug fixes as a full stack engineer for the main product, including automation for property appraisals and queuing system for underwriters. Built an authentication service for the shift to a microservice architecture. Interviewed, mentored, and supervised project planning and implementation.
Senior Software Engineer
Tumblr · Full-time
Oct 2013 - Feb 2018
4 yrs 5 mos
Led a team of 5, using sprint planning, standup, and OKRs to plan work. Implemented the Tumblr Firehose, a real-time 200GB/day data stream that external clients could consume. Developed internal video transcoder, service to remove content from CDNs, and low latency post ID generator. Involved in various other services such as logging, metrics, image uploading, monetizing links, rate limiting, and sending email and push notifications.
Software Engineer
Citi · Full-time
Aug 2008 - Sep 2013
5 yrs 2 mos
Worked on two low latency trading platforms. Improved code quality through the use of unit and integration testing.
Education
  • Sep 2004 - Jun 2008
    The University of EdinburghBachelor of Science with Honours, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science