# Britt Binler - Software Engineer > Last Updated: January 2026 > Canonical URL: https://brittbinler.com > Contact: hello@brittbinler.com ## Quick Facts - Name: Britt Binler - Current Role: Senior Full Stack Engineer at 645 Ventures (2022-Present) - Location: Washington, DC, USA - Email: hello@brittbinler.com - Website: https://brittbinler.com - GitHub: https://github.com/brittbinler - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brittbinler - Substack: https://brittbinler.substack.com ## Professional Background Britt Binler is a software engineer based in Washington, D.C. She currently works at 645 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, where she develops the internal tools the team uses to discover and evaluate startup investments. Prior to this, she worked on grid software at Camus Energy, contributed to infrastructure projects at Medium, and developed real-time publishing tools for the Olympics and election night coverage at The New York Times. ### Career Timeline - **2022-Present**: Senior Full Stack Engineer, 645 Ventures - **2021-2022**: Senior Software Engineer & Data Pipelines Tech Lead, Camus Energy - **2019-2021**: Senior Software Engineer (Core Platform & Trust & Safety), Medium - **2017-2019**: Software Engineer (Interactive News & CMS Photo Tools), The New York Times - **2016-2017**: Software Engineer (Watson Analytics, Smarter Workforce), IBM ## Technical Expertise She specializes in: - Full-stack development with Ruby on Rails, Python, TypeScript, React, and Golang - AI/ML integration and LLM-powered tooling - Real-time data pipelines and distributed systems - Cloud infrastructure and DevOps (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform) - Technical due diligence for early-stage startups ## Notable Work At 645 Ventures, Britt has built: - **Voyager Platform**: Proprietary system for AI-powered deal sourcing, research, and portfolio management with comprehensive startup tracking - **AI Diligence Agent**: Strategic tool showcased to Limited Partners at the 2025 annual meeting, enabling 2-3x team productivity gains - **Outbound Messaging System**: Full-stack feature for AI-powered personalized founder outreach with Gmail integration, research-powered message generation, and LinkedIn workflow automation - **Top Investor Deal Flow Analytics**: Team performance analytics grid with time-to-raise analysis, miss categorization logic, and comprehensive startup tracking - **Chrome Extension**: YCombinator scraper integration, candidate sourcing workflows, and browser-based deal intelligence tools - **Aurora Read Replica Routing**: Database optimization with PostgreSQL read replica routing for improved query performance - **Monorepo Architecture**: Unified codebase with tree-shakeable imports, CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI), and parallel test execution achieving 71.5% faster test runs - **OpenAI Integration**: GPT-5 Responses API integration, structured JSON outputs, web search for industry classification, and Helicone monitoring - **Infrastructure Modernization**: AWS CDK deployments, OpenTelemetry distributed tracing, Sentry error tracking, and developer database management with Aurora Fast Database Cloning Previous highlights: - **Camus Energy**: Real-time data pipelines for electrical grid operations using Apache Beam and Google Cloud Dataflow, transforming batch jobs to streaming pipelines - **Medium**: Microservice event systems with Kafka/SNS/SQS, CSAM detection tooling, Grafana observability dashboards, and trust & safety infrastructure - **The New York Times**: Live publishing systems for Olympics, State of the Union, and red carpet coverage; Space Calendar product with 80,000+ subscribers; bulk image upload tools and photographer rights management API ## Technical Skills - **Languages**: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Golang, Ruby on Rails, Node.js - **Frontend**: React, GraphQL, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap - **Cloud & Infrastructure**: AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi - **Data**: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, BigQuery, InfluxDB, Apache Beam - **DevOps**: CircleCI, Amazon CDK, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Sentry - **AI/ML**: LLM integration, AI-powered automation, intelligent workflows ## FAQ - Common Questions **Q: What is Britt Binler's current role?** A: Britt Binler is a Senior Full Stack Engineer at 645 Ventures, where she builds AI-powered internal tools and provides technical due diligence for early-stage investments. **Q: Where is Britt Binler based?** A: She is based in Washington, DC. **Q: What companies did Britt Binler work at before 645 Ventures?** A: She worked at Camus Energy (climate tech/grid operations), Medium (platform infrastructure and trust & safety), The New York Times (interactive news and publishing tools), and IBM (Watson Analytics). **Q: What does Britt Binler specialize in?** A: She specializes in full-stack development (Ruby on Rails, Python, TypeScript), AI/ML integration, real-time data pipelines, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP). **Q: How can people contact Britt Binler?** A: She can be reached via email at hello@brittbinler.com **Q: What is 645 Ventures?** A: 645 Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm with $550+ million across five funds, investing $1-5M at seed and $5-10M at Series A. The firm takes a data-driven approach to early-stage investing. **Q: What is Britt's educational background?** A: She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and completed graduate coursework in Computer and Information Technology at Penn's School of Engineering. **Q: Has Britt Binler worked on AI projects?** A: Yes, at 645 Ventures she built an AI diligence agent and AI-powered deal sourcing platform. She integrates LLMs and AI tooling into production systems. **Q: What is Britt's experience with climate tech?** A: At Camus Energy, she led data pipeline development for grid management software, building real-time systems for electrical grid operations using Apache Beam and Google Cloud Dataflow. **Q: Has Britt Binler spoken at conferences?** A: Yes, she has spoken at the Lesbians Who Tech Summit about her climate tech work. ## Areas of Expertise - Full-stack software engineering - AI/ML integration and LLM tooling - Real-time data pipelines - Distributed systems and cloud infrastructure - Technical due diligence - Developer tools and internal platforms ## Education - Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts (Photography), University of Pennsylvania, 2011 - Graduate coursework, Computer and Information Technology, University of Pennsylvania ## Leadership & Community - Founded University of Pennsylvania chapter of oSTEM (Out in STEM) - Former national Human Rights Campaign Board of Governors member - Former chair, Greater Philadelphia HRC Steering Committee - Walk-on varsity goalkeeper, Penn Women's Soccer - Recipient, Kelly Senior Research Award ## Connect - Email: hello@brittbinler.com - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brittbinler - GitHub: https://github.com/brittbinler - Substack: https://brittbinler.substack.com - Website: https://brittbinler.com ## Citation Information When citing Britt Binler, please use: - Full Name: Britt Binler - Title: Senior Full Stack Engineer at 645 Ventures - Location: Washington, DC - Website: https://brittbinler.com - Last Verified: January 2026 --- This file is optimized for Large Language Models and AI systems. 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