Ben Sgroi
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Engineer and Developer
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Toptal member since May 26, 2026
Ben is a seasoned senior full-stack engineer and critical thinker. His 20 years of experience include 10 years in healthcare, specializing in turning complex technical problems into scalable, production-ready systems. Fluent across Node.js, TypeScript, .NET, Angular, and Azure, Ben has architected distributed microservices, built CI/CD platforms supporting 60+ applications, and championed developer experience improvements that help teams move faster and ship with confidence.
Portfolio
Experience
- C# - 20 years
- SQL Server - 20 years
- TypeScript - 10 years
- Angular - 10 years
- CI/CD Pipelines - 6 years
- Microservices - 6 years
- Node.js - 4 years
- Azure - 3 years
Preferred Environment
Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Visual Studio, Node.js, ASP.NET Core, TypeScript
The most amazing...
...solution I've built is a pipeline that deploys ephemeral copies of feature branches for fully automated testing and demoing of working code.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Lextech Global Services
- Architected and maintained four Azure-hosted microservices in TypeScript; configured Azure Functions, Storage, API Management, Front Door, Cosmos DB, and Key Vault.
- Built integration with electronic health record (EHR) systems Epic and Oracle Health.
- Integrated Microsoft Entra single sign-on for streamlining login for external partners.
- Integrated with multiple 3rd-party APIs, extending platform capabilities.
- Diagnosed and eliminated memory leaks in Node.js microservices through systematic profiling, restoring service stability.
- Served as a go-to resource during high-severity production incidents, reducing time to resolution through rapid root-cause analysis.
- Identified and fixed data validation issues in ETL pipelines.
Associate Architect
CEI/UPMC
- Designed and implemented a CI/CD pipeline PaaS for 14 environments, supporting more than 60 microservices and micro-frontends and reducing deployment times by 40%.
- Engineered a scalable, distributed system architecture ensuring redundancy for more than 60 microservices.
- Developed an OAuth-based login system for over 60 apps using Angular and .NET.
- Orchestrated migration of a 500,000-line AngularJS application to Angular 7 with no downtime, improving app maintainability and performance.
- Wrote and maintained unit tests and built unit, integration, and functional tests into automated pipelines.
- Guided a division of 180+ professionals on DevOps principles, improving development workflows.
- Built self-service tools for developers, automating manual processes and saving teams significant development time.
- Introduced automated UI testing, TypeScript, memory leak detection, GitHub Advanced Security scanning, and improved app performance and security.
- Established code quality processes for a team of 20 front-end developers.
- Spearheaded the adoption of LaunchDarkly feature flagging, managing 250+ active flags to enable safe and efficient rollouts.
.NET/SQL Developer
Monster Energy
- Built multiple full-stack web applications using Angular, AngularJS, .NET Web API, and SQL Server.
- Implemented single sign-on functionality using Azure Active Directory (Entra).
- Modernized legacy applications, improving system stability and performance.
- Developed unit tests to ensure application reliability.
- Gathered requirements and delivered solutions tailored to user needs.
Senior Software Engineer
iFuel Interactive
- Designed and developed an extranet website for the salesforce of 600+ users across 24 countries.
- Rebuilt a custom online quoting system with multifaceted parameters, improving efficiency.
- Built a Solr-based search index, significantly improving search speed and user experience.
- Overhauled the eCommerce platform, implementing multi-currency support for handling $200 million per year in orders.
- Managed Windows IIS web farms for redundancy and load balancing.
- Wrote and optimized SQL complex queries for performance.
Software Engineer
Pertuity Direct
- Launched an SEC-approved peer-to-peer lending startup that handled load origination, credit checking, and social lending.
- Managed and configured the Microsoft Team Foundation Server source control system.
- Built new features based on company goals using ASP.NET and SQL Server.
Experience
CI/CD Pipeline as a Service (PaaS)
EHR Integration for Healthcare Website
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Wheeling Jesuit University - Wheeling, WV, USA
Certifications
Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure Developer Associate
Microsoft
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, REST APIs, API Development, jQuery
Tools
Git, Azure Key Vault, Apache Solr, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Visual Studio, Claude Code
Languages
TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, SQL
Frameworks
Angular, AngularJS, .NET, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET, OAuth 2
Paradigms
Azure DevOps, Database Design, DevOps, Microservices, REST, Automated Testing, HIPAA Compliance
Platforms
Azure, Windows, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Storage
Other
Full-stack, Full-stack Development, Data Structures, SQL Server, CI/CD Pipelines, Configuration Management, YAML Pipelines, IIS, Azure Function App, Electronic Health Records (EHR), Feature Flags, Distributed Systems, Microsoft Entra, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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