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 City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Member since November 13, 2014
Benjamin is a web designer and developer who has been building websites since the late 90s before web standards. He excels at things that lie exactly at the intersection of design and engineering: CSS, accessibility, usability, and web-specific conventions and best practices. His framework of choice is React. He has worked in a variety of environments, from a large engineering team of 200+ to small startups 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
- CSS 15 years
- JavaScript 15 years
- Node.js 5 years
- Python 5 years
- React 4 years
Availability
Full-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
- Thumbtack Help Center (Development)https://help.thumbtack.com
Built Thumbtack's help center using React and Redux on top of a Salesforce back end.
- Cocolist (Development)https://cocolist.vn
I made a simple directory site with GatsbyJS and Firebase for finding eco-conscious restaurants in Vietnam.
- Personal Website (Development)https://benknight.me
My own Firebase-hosted personal website.
- 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 toward modular design across all platforms.
- Portland Buy Local (Development)https://www.portlandbuylocal.org/
I built this WordPress site for the Portland Buy Local campaign, which is an independent alliance of local businesses in my hometown of Portland, Maine.
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Python, PHP, GoLibraries/APIs
React, Node.js, GatsbyJSTools
Create React AppParadigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD)Platforms
Web, WordPress, Unix, Firebase, BlockchainOther
HTML Email, Style Guides, Freelance, Squarespace, React Hooks, Rendering Performance, SAFrameworks
Visualforce
Education
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Computer Science2005 - 2009Colby College - Waterville, Maine
