Ben Li

Ben Li is a highly experienced software engineer currently serving as a Staff Software Engineer at Niantic, Inc. since October 2020, focusing on combat systems for Pokemon Go. Previously, Ben held various roles at Amazon from February 2017 to March 2020, contributing to Alexa shopping features and personalization. At theScore, Inc., Ben worked as a Software Developer on fantasy sports game backend systems. Ben's earlier experience includes leading the platform API team at Leonardo Worldwide Corporation and serving in multiple capacities, including Scrum Master and Solution Designer. Ben began their career at TD Bank Group as a Java Developer and worked as a QA Analyst at Kobo Inc. Ben holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree with a Software Engineering option from the University of Waterloo, obtained in 2011.