Front-end Developer
2016 - 2019Thumbtack- Built a help center from the ground up using Create React App.
- Built a Salesforce integration layer using Salesforce's Force.com platform.
- Built a dispute settlement application also with React and Redux.
- Effectively worked with a remote team in a distant time zone (US) while living in Vietnam.
Technologies: React, Redux, React Router, Create React App, Visualforce, ApexFront-end Developer
2017 - 2017Airtable- Built three new blocks for their pro blocks feature, including the records block, description block, and chart block.
Technologies: ReactFront-end Developer
2015 - 2016Homely.com.au- Implemented React components-based UIs for new product features.
- Created mobile-first, responsive interfaces.
- Utilized advanced ECMAScript 6 and 7 language features for more expressive, flexible code.
- Effectively worked with a remote team in a distant time zone (Australia) while living in the US.
Technologies: React, Node.jsFront-end Developer
2015 - 2015Namecheap- Worked on numerous small projects as a contractor, including rebuilding their blog, and creating a single-page app for receiving an app download link via SMS.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, CSS, TwilioFront-end Software Engineer
2012 - 2014Yelp- Worked closely with the product team to build new features for the desktop and mobile site.
- Had a lead role on the small team that produced Yelp's first UI style guide, and then made it available to the public. The style guide precipitated an organization-wide push towards modular design.
- Completely rebuilt Yelp's most important page (the business page) from scratch, using advanced CSS features for layout and interaction.
- Led the development of a complete overhaul of all email templates, including Yelp Weekly, which is sent to millions of users per week.
- Gained unique experience working on a large-scale software project with hundreds of contributors. Learned extensively about release engineering, including testing and deployment, as well as common web security vulnerabilities.
Technologies: Python, jQuery, Google Clojure LibraryUI Designer/Web Developer
2011 - 2012Couchsurfing- Designed multiple experiments focused on optimizing user onboarding, using Optimizely's A/B testing platform.
- Had a fluid role within a startup environment, ranging from coding to graphic design and product management.
- Used Scrum.
- Redesigned the website's main navigation.
- Overcame challenges involved in modernizing the front-end of a seven-year-old codebase.
Technologies: PHP, jQueryWeb Developer
2009 - 2011Perch Design Studio- Turned beautiful Photoshop designs into WordPress sites.
- Built some Shopify sites.
- Learned how to use WordPress as a framework for general application development, not just for blogging and static content.
- Built mobile sites using both custom mobile stylesheets as well as media queries when they were still a new technology.
- Got to work with many local businesses in and around my home town of Portland, Maine.
Technologies: WordPress, PHP, jQuery
Benjamin Knight
JavaScript Developer in Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Member since November 13, 2014
Benjamin is a web designer and developer with experience across the web stack beginning in his early teens before web standards. He codes with an eye for providing a quality user experience and interaction, and he enjoys making creative decisions. He loves Python and JavaScript (the good parts) and has worked in a variety of environments, from a large engineering team to a smaller startup and independent freelance work.
Benjamin is now available for hire
Portfolio
- ThumbtackReact, Redux, React Router, Create React App, Visualforce, Apex
- AirtableReact
- Homely.com.auReact, Node.js
Experience
- JavaScript, 15 years
- Node.js, 5 years
- Python, 5 years
- React, 4 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
MacOS, Unix, Git, Google Chrome
The most amazing...
...and notable brand identity I've had a hand in is Yelp, spearheading the design of their public style guide and precipitating a company-wide change in approach.
Employment
Experience
- Cocolist Saigon (Development)https://cocolist.vn
I made a simple directory site with GatsbyJS and Firebase for finding eco-conscious restaurants in my current city Saigon, Vietnam.
- Thumbtack Help Center (Development)https://help.thumbtack.com
Built Thumbtack's help center using React and Redux on top of a Salesforce back end.
- DemocraticAds.com (Development)http://www.democraticads.com
I designed and coded the landing page as well as redesigned the app.
- Yelp Style Guide (Development)http://yelp.com/styleguide
I had a lead role on the small design team that created Yelp’s public style guide. The style guide precipitated an organization-wide effort towards modular design across all platforms.
- Namecheap Blog (Development)https://blog.namecheap.com
Namecheap's WordPress blog, launched in January 2015. I designed and coded it.
- Philips Hue Alfred Workflow (Development)https://github.com/benknight/hue-alfred-workflow
I created this handy dandy workflow for controlling a Philips Hue lighting system, built in my favorite scripting language, Python.
Skills
Languages
ECMAScript (ES6), HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, PythonLibraries/APIs
React, Node.js, GatsbyJSTools
Create React AppParadigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD)Platforms
Web, WordPress, Unix, FirebaseOther
HTML Email, Style Guides, Freelance, Squarespace, Blockchain Developer, Rendering Performance, SAFrameworks
Visualforce
Education
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Computer Science2005 - 2009Colby College - Waterville, Maine
