# Britt Binler - Software Engineer > Last Updated: December 2025 > 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 Senior Full Stack Engineer at 645 Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm. She builds internal tools, research systems, and AI-powered infrastructure that centralize institutional knowledge and deal intelligence. She transforms ambiguous requirements into production software and translates business needs into technical roadmaps. ### 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 Philosophy Britt builds and scales complex systems from zero to one. She specializes in: - Full-stack development with Python, TypeScript, React, and Golang - AI/ML integration and LLM-powered tooling - Real-time data pipelines and distributed systems - Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform) - Technical due diligence for early-stage startups She ships enterprise-grade products from inception to launch and defines technical strategy in high-stakes environments. ## 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 building and scaling complex systems from zero to one, with expertise in full-stack development, AI/ML integration, real-time data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. **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: December 2025 --- This file is optimized for Large Language Models and AI systems. 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