Ben Adamsky

I'm building Dreamwork, an agent-first job search platform.

Co-founder and CTO at Dreamwork. hi@benadamsky.com

Work

Co-founder, CTO, 2026 - now.

Dreamwork is an agent-first job search platform. I am the co-founder and CTO.

Most days are spent on the agent runtime, the matching pipeline, and the parts of the product that make a job hunt feel less like a second job.

Co-founder, CTO, Dec 2023 - 2026. Social surveys and prediction games on Farcaster.

Grew to over 100,000 users on Farcaster
Built the prediction game: 590,000 on-chain votes from 21,000 voters, with 42,000 wallets set up through the app

Software engineer, Dec 2022 - Apr 2024. A platform for fractional fine art investing.

Core engineer on the launch of a collection of Warhols that generated over $150,000 in revenue within the first six weeks
Designed and delivered platform features end-to-end: API routes, backend models, and the analytics pipeline
Built the virtual art gallery that hung tokenized real-world assets alongside NFTs
Worked with the CEO and CTO on growth features, including the referral and collector programs

Freelance React developer, Dec 2018 - Dec 2022.

Freelanced for clients from seed-stage startups to enterprises
Top Rated within the first year, then Expert-Vetted, a distinction for the top 1% of talent on the platform
Designed and built dashboards, onboarding flows, landing pages, API integrations, and responsive interfaces for web and native apps
Wrote web and brand copy for businesses, including Lyft and Carnival Cruise Line

Co-founder, COO, May 2021 - Jul 2022. Online events built for communities.

Ran product from idea to launch: MVP iterations, user feedback, and the onboarding flow
Managed four software engineers
Built virtual event software with real-time activities

Founding engineer, Apr 2020 - Jan 2021. An immersive virtual HQ for remote teams.

Built peer-to-peer spatial audio for virtual offices
Part of the core team behind the MVP that raised $15.5M from investors including Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, and Homebrew
Made the major architectural decisions for the core app and the custom style library

Co-founder, May 2018 - Dec 2019. A decentralized website builder.

Built a peer-to-peer website builder that reached finalist status in multiple accelerator programs
Contributed to the tokenomics of the KONJ token and to a desktop app for running validator nodes on IPFS
Recruited for and represented the company at blockchain events in NYC and SF

Web and game developer, Feb 2014 - Sep 2016.

Built websites, configured game servers, and wrote game plugins as side income during high school
Contributed to several bootstrapped game and web hosting companies serving thousands of users, later bought out by larger competitors

TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Prisma, REST APIs, webhooks, HTML, CSS, Vercel, AWS.

Coursework toward a B.S. in Computer Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, Sep 2016 - Jun 2018.

Synced from Audible.

ADHD & Us, Anita Robertson LCSW (50%)
Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté MD (53%)
Grit, Angela Duckworth (29%)
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations, Nicole Forsgren PhD (40%)

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