- Front-end Developer2016 - PRESENTThumbtack
- 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.
Technologies: React.js, Babel, Redux, React-Router, Create React App, Visualforce, Apex - Front-end Developer2015 - 2016Homely.com.au
- Built front-end using React-based component architecture.
- Implemented a design for 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).
Technologies: React.js, Babel, Reflux.js, Sass, Gulp - Front-end Software Engineer2012 - 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, Clojure Library - UI Designer/Web Developer2011 - 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 7-year-old codebase.
Technologies: PHP, jQuery - Web Developer2009 - 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
Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, 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 towards providing a quality user experience and interaction, and 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.js, Babel, Redux, React-Router, Create React App, Visualforce, Apex
- Homely.com.auReact.js, Babel, Reflux.js, Sass, Gulp
- YelpPython, jQuery, Clojure Library
Experience
- JavaScript, 10 years
- Python, 5 years
- React, 2 years
- ECMAScript (ES6), 2 years
- Node.js, 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
OS X, Unix, Git, Sass, Atom
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.
- Homely Agent Profile Page (Development)https://www.homely.com.au/agent/frankcolacicco
My keystone project while working with Homely was building their agent profile page.
- DemocraticAds.com (Development)http://www.democraticads.com
I designed and coded the landing page as well as redesigned the app.
- Yelp Styleguide (Development)http://yelp.com/styleguide
I had a lead role on the small design team that created Yelp’s public styleguide. The styleguide 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.
- Namecheap Mobile Promo (Development)https://mobile.namecheap.com
I built this simple Twilio integration app for getting an app store download link through SMS. My role was co-designer and lead developer. The back-end was built in custom PHP. The responsive front-end is built using the Inuit.css Sass framework.
- 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
- LanguagesECMAScript (ES6), JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, Python, PHP, Apex
- Libraries/APIsReact, Google Places API, Google Maps JavaScript API 3, jQuery, D3.js, Node.js, Polymer
- ParadigmsResponsive Web Design (RWD)
- PlatformsWeb, Shopify, WordPress, Unix, Salesforce, Google App Engine
- OtherStyleguides, HTML Email, BEM Architecture, Rendering Performance, SA, Chrome Extensions, Squarespace
- FrameworksBootstrap, Foundation CSS, inuit.css, Django, AngularJS, Visualforce
Education
- Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Computer Science2005 - 2009Colby College - Waterville, Maine
