Ben Emdon I am interested in the systems between writing code and safely shipping it. I like making large codebases feel fast, understandable, and easy to change. At Stripe, I lead Code Forge and Code Review. We build source control infrastructure for Stripe's massive, fast-moving Git monorepo and improve the code review process, including an AI reviewer designed to catch problems before production and eventually approve lower-risk changes. Before Stripe, I was at GitHub. Technical interests: version control systems, blob-storage-backed database design, agent harness development, and developer productivity. Otherwise: pickleball, strategy games like Magic: The Gathering and Twilight Imperium, exploring cities near and far, and going max effort at karaoke.
Ben Emdon I am interested in the systems between writing code and safely shipping it. I like making large codebases feel fast, understandable, and easy to change. At Stripe, I lead Code Forge and Code Review. We build source control infrastructure for Stripe's massive, fast-moving Git monorepo and improve the code review process, including an AI reviewer designed to catch problems before production and eventually approve lower-risk changes. Before Stripe, I was at GitHub. Technical interests: version control systems, blob-storage-backed database design, agent harness development, and developer productivity. Otherwise: pickleball, strategy games like Magic: The Gathering and Twilight Imperium, exploring cities near and far, and going max effort at karaoke.
Jan 2025 — PresentOttawa, ON, Canada
Lead Code Forge and Code Review; manage 11 direct reports and 3 cross-appointed engineers. Set strategy across VSC monorepo infrastructure, code review, and an AI code reviewer. Coordinated 15+ teams on Stripe’s BFCM code-freeze changes.
Jan 2022 — Jan 2025Ottawa, ON, Canada
Launched stacked pull request tooling, built an auto-merge system that cut time-to-production by over an hour per pull request, and built centralized ownership infrastructure across platform teams.
Jan 2018 — Jan 2022
Shipped the command palette, slash commands, and issue forms; worked on GitHub deployment infrastructure. Maintained the Checks, Commit Statuses, and Deployment Statuses APIs. Lead maintainer of GitHub Classroom.
Jan 2016 — Dec 2017
Helped kickstart the Shopify mobile app on iOS and Shopify’s first GraphQL API.
