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React Native Developer
London, United Kingdom
Toptal member since October 11, 2019
Bio
Ben is an expert at developing full-stack React Native apps. He's spent the past seven years leading the development of numerous web and mobile apps and is capable of taking a project from the design stage to launch. Ben excels at creating scalable React/React Native apps.
Portfolio
Bluebox Digital
jQuery, CSS, HTML, PHP, WordPress, Redux, Realm, Firebase, React, React Native...
Zuno
React Native, Figma, AI Engineering, Claude
PrettyLittleThing
React Native, Figma
Experience
- WordPress - 7 years
- JavaScript - 7 years
- PHP - 7 years
- React - 6 years
- React Native - 5 years
- Mobile App Development - 4 years
- Framer - 2 years
- CI/CD Pipelines - 2 years
Work Experience
Full-stack Developer
2020 - PRESENT
Bluebox Digital
- Developed an AI-driven weight-lifting fitness app to guide users through their workout, providing them with suggestions on how to improve each week.
- Created an app to discover authentic places to eat, drink, and shop—filtered by the things you love, captured by the people you trust.
- Launched multiple React Native apps on the App Store and Google Play Store.
Technologies: jQuery, CSS, HTML, PHP, WordPress, Redux, Realm, Firebase, React, React Native, JavaScript, Swift, AI Engineering, Python, Claude API
React Native Engineer
2025 - 2025
Zuno
- Restyled the React Native application by implementing a custom design system driven by design tokens generated through the CI workflow, enabling both white labeling and multi-tenant application functionality.
- Restructured the application architecture to replace screen-level, tightly coupled UI logic with a reusable component system, reducing duplication, improving maintainability, and accelerating feature development across multiple screens.
- Improved automated test coverage by expanding unit and integration tests across core UI and business logic, increasing confidence in releases and reducing regressions during ongoing feature work.
Technologies: React Native, Figma, AI Engineering, Claude
React Native Developer
2024 - 2024
PrettyLittleThing
- Assisted React Native releases for iOS and Android to a large user base.
- Developed new functionality and maintained existing applications.
- Created CI/CD pipelines for white labeling of the PLT app to other clothing brands using UI component libraries.
Technologies: React Native, Figma
React Native Developer
2023 - 2024
Build Circle
- Developed a greenfield React Native app for sneaker reselling.
- Achieved 100% test coverage across the React Native codebase.
- Integrated strict principles of atomic design in React to improve reusability and testability.
Technologies: React Native, Figma, Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
React Native Developer
2023 - 2023
Post Office
- Helped complete a greenfield migration project to React Native app for iOS and Android.
- Improved quality of codebase by incorporating modern React principles.
- Implemented biometrics login to keep users' app secure and easy to log in.
Technologies: React Native, Node.js, Swift, Figma
React Native Developer
2021 - 2022
Pretty Little Thing
- Developed a greenfield marketplace app project for clothing reselling.
- Oversaw the launch process, which saw a large amount of users register in the first few months.
- Created automated CI/CD workflows and made them suitable for a team of developers.
Technologies: React Native, React, Mobile App Development, Jest, CI/CD Pipelines, Swift, Figma, Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Mobile Developer
2021 - 2021
My PT Hub
- Kickstarted component and end-to-end testing on the mobile app with the introduction of React Native Testing Library and Detox to reduce bugs.
- Implemented a strategy for converting codebase from JavaScript to TypeScript to improve code quality and reduce bugs.
- Tracked and fixed bugs from the Jira bug board and resolved long-standing code debt issues.
Technologies: JavaScript, React, React Native, Redux, TypeScript, Jest, Swift, Python
Web Developer
2019 - 2020
Key Digital
- Led the development of numerous websites for clients, taking a project from the design stage to launch.
- Created easy-to-customize WordPress themes using ACF to make it easy for the client to add new pages to the site.
- Developed a WordPress plugin to be used by IoT devices to grab data with an API using headless WordPress.
- Achieved 90+ PageSpeed insights on the majority of web builds.
- Created a rule-based recurring events plugin to reduce admin on the site and improve page speed.
Technologies: MySQL, Sass, PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, WooCommerce, Python
Cloud Developer
2017 - 2018
ProvenWorks
- Handled the code migration of an app from Salesforce Classic to Salesforce Lightning.
- Updated an old interface with a new, UX-focused interface using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Participated in company meetings to critique the design of upcoming products.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Salesforce, Python
Project History
PLT Marketplace
I helped lead the front-end team in developing a marketplace app project for clothing reselling, including functionality to easily list past orders from PrettyLittleThing. I saw the project through from the first lines of code to launch and scaling.
OnlyScrans App
I was a co-founder of OnlyScrans App, a personalized food and drink discovery app. I wrote all the code and created an architecture for the initial beta release of the app. It was created using a serverless architecture on GCP and a hybrid mobile app on iOS and Android.
TrackMyLifts
TrackMyLifts is a React Native mobile app to help you achieve your muscle-building goals. It uses AI to predict performance to ensure users have the best workout. I was the sole developer on the project, and I took it from the design stage to launch.
WordPress Build for Accent Technologies
I handled the custom rebuild of a WordPress site. I was responsible for the front-end and back-end development to create a completely bespoke theme. A key objective of the site was to have a fast page speed which was achieved successfully, ranking over 90 in Google PageSpeed Insights.
Education
2016 - 2019
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree in Computer Science
University of Reading - Reading, United Kingdom
2014 - 2016
Level 3 Extended Diploma in Information Technology
Queen Elizabeth's School - United Kingdom
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, REST APIs, Claude API, WordPress API, jQuery
Tools
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Jira, Git, Expo, Figma, Claude Code, Claude, GitHub, Gutenberg Editor
Languages
CSS, Swift, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, Python, Sass, TypeScript
Frameworks
React Native, Redux, Jest
Paradigms
Mobile Development, Agile
Platforms
WordPress, iOS, Android, WooCommerce, Firebase, Algolia, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Salesforce, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Storage
MySQL, Realm, PostgreSQL
Other
Mobile Apps, Full-stack, Framer, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Site Speed Optimization, Mobile App Development, CI/CD Pipelines, API Integration, Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cursor AI, AI Engineering, Gatsby, Software Development, Computer Science, Strapi
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