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Ben Butmir
Technical Team Lead
Canada
About
Technical Team Lead with a strong solution-oriented mindset and a proven track record in leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex software solutions. Experienced in data engineering, software development, and project management, with expertise in AI-driven applications and cloud infrastructure.
Superpower
Bridging full-stack development and advanced AI systems to rapidly architect, scale, and deliver high-impact cloud solutions.
Experience
- Staff Product Engineer at Boomband · Jul 2025 – Present
- Founder & CEO at Applay.ai · Nov 2024 – Jul 2025
- Senior Data Engineer at Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) · Feb 2024 – Jul 2025
- CTO & Co-Founder at Peple · Dec 2023 – Nov 2024
- Full Stack Software Developer at Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) · Aug 2021 – Feb 2024
- Software QA Engineer at Micro Focus · Apr 2020 – Aug 2021
- Intermediate R&D Scientist at Abbott · Jun 2019 – Apr 2020
Education
- Course Completion · Artificial Intelligence at Udemy
- Course Completion · Machine Learning at Udemy
- B.Sc. · Biochemistry at Carleton University · Apr 2019
- Certification · Deep Learning at Udemy
- Certification · Artificial Intelligence at Udemy
- Certification · Machine Learning at Udemy
Stories
Me in a Nutshell
Technical Team Lead with a strong solution-oriented mindset and a proven track record in leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex software solutions. Experienced in data engineering, software development, and project management, with expertise in AI-driven applications and cloud infrastructure. Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, manage projects end-to-end, and mentor team members. Passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex challenges, improve operational efficiency, and foster collaborative work environments.
Skills
Adaptability, Agile/Scrum, AI Development Oversight, AI Tool Use, Apache Spark, Artificial Intelligence, AWS, Bash, Biochemistry, Business Alignment, CI/CD, Conversational AI, Data System Design, Data System Implementation, Data System Management, development, Django, Docker, Figma, GCP, gemini, Generative AI, GitHub Actions, Hugging Face, JavaScript, JIRA, Kafka, Keras, Kubernetes, LangChain, Leadership, learning, LLMs, mentoring, microservices architecture, Microsoft Teams, Multi-turn Reasoning (AI), Next.js, NLP, openai api, Performance Optimization, pipeline development, platform architecture, PostgreSQL, Power BI, Project Management, Python, Qdrant Vector Stores, R, React, Resilience, saas development, SAS JMP, Scalability, Selenium, Slack, SQL, startup, Strategic Planning, Supabase, system architecture, Tailwind CSS, Team Leadership, Team Management, technical strategy, TensorFlow, usability engineering