Frédéric Benoit
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Saint-Saphorin, Switzerland
Toptal member since October 21, 2020
Frédéric has been developing responsive websites and applications for 20 years. Well-known clients include the International Olympics Committee, America's Cup, Breitling, IMD Business School, and the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. He specializes in developing custom WordPress themes and complex JavaScript applications while keeping the user interface at the center of his attention. Frédéric is a problem-solver and always brings innovative ideas to improve user experience.
Portfolio
Experience
- HTML - 20 years
- PHP - 20 years
- CSS - 20 years
- REST APIs - 15 years
- JavaScript - 15 years
- WordPress Plugins - 10 years
- WordPress - 10 years
- Cypress - 3 years
Preferred Environment
WordPress, ECMAScript (ES6), Elasticsearch, Laravel, React, JavaScript, Docker, Cypress, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is the Olympic athletes' website, including a social network feeds aggregator for all the athletes.
Work Experience
Head of Development | Deputy Head of IT
Lifestage Solutions
- Led a dedicated team in developing a cloud-based, event-driven application architecture on AWS, using microservices to drive scalability and resilience.
- Collaborated with clients, design teams, and developers to manage feature prioritization and ensure seamless communication across departments.
- Drove solutions with a strategic problem-solving approach.
Senior Full-stack Developer
Red Steam Sàrl
- Created WordPress custom themes and plugins for various clients.
- Built various responsive JavaScript web applications.
- Developed REST APIs, connecting front ends to databases such as MySQL and Elasticsearch or AWS.
Chief Technology Officer
Traial
- Defined the data flow for the user and counselor journey on the Traial website, which offers online legal advice.
- Tracked and fixed bugs using Jira and used Cypress as an automated testing tool.
- Implemented unit tests by using PHPUnit and Laravel.
- Integrated Stripe API as a payment gateway with Laravel.
Full-stack Developer
Iomedia Communication SA
- Co-developed the alinghi.com website, including AS3 components and HTML pages with CSS and Javascript.
- Built a multi-language product catalog for the breitling.com website.
- Developed AS3 components and HTML pages with CSS and JavaScript for the americascup.com website.
Experience
Museum Collections App for the City of Lausanne
https://musees.lausanne.ch/Program Finder for IMD Business School
https://www.imd.org/pfPrestations Web App for the City of Lausanne
https://www.lausanne.ch/prestationsWordPress Website for UFO Paris
WordPress Website for Victory Advisors
https://victoryadvisors.comReact Dashboard for the City of Lausanne
Education
Master's Degree in Economics and Information Technology
Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne) - Lausanne, Switzerland
Certifications
Master Gatsby
Wes Bos
Docker Administration and Operations
Digicomp
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, jQuery, REST APIs, Amazon API, Stripe API, Twilio API
Tools
GitHub, NPM, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), Git, Adobe Flash, Bitbucket, ELK (Elastic Stack)
Languages
JavaScript, SCSS, HTML, CSS, PHP, HTML5, DYNAMO, AS3, ECMAScript (ES6), GraphQL, Sass, TypeScript
Frameworks
Laravel, Cypress, Lumen, Redux, Bootstrap, Select2
Platforms
WordPress, AWS Lambda, Salesforce, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Twilio, Docker, Heroku, Sanity Studio, Netlify
Paradigms
Event-driven Architecture, REST
Storage
Elasticsearch, Databases, MySQL, MongoDB
Other
WordPress Plugins, APIs, Front-end Development, Full-stack, Web Development, Web Programming, User Experience (UX), Styled-components, Responsive Design, Ajax, Gatsby, Serverless
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