Benjamin Kuker
Software Developer
Benjamin is a solid developer with career highlights of working as a senior full-stack developer for a big data analytics startup, a payment processor, and a user testing service. He's worked across the entire development lifecycle and specializes in the front end. Benjamin is meticulous with implementation details while always considering and balancing broader stakeholder concerns. Communication wise, he is prompt, relevant, and professional.
Portfolio
Experience
CSS - 15 yearsJavaScript - 12 yearsInterface Design - 12 yearsHTML5 - 12 yearsWeb UX Design - 8 yearsBackbone.js - 6 yearsNode.js - 5 yearsReact - 3 yearsLocation
Availability
Preferred Environment
React, Front-end Development, JavaScript, Git, Fireworks, Microsoft Excel, CSS, Bootstrap
The most amazing...
...project was modifying a financial app so that it could use multiple languages for a major corporate partnership. It was done on time and worked flawlessly.
Work Experience
Tech Lead
Endeavor - Main
- Developed a promotional website for a joint venture between Endeavor and rapper Sean Combs.
- Participated in user research projects to determine market needs for a social media site.
- Participated in project planning as the lead tech resource for multiple projects.
- Developed multiple React components for multiple projects.
- Developed and launched multiple websites as prototypes for research into a market fit.
Front-end Developer
AXA - Platform, Capabilities & Automation
- Worked on an international team to develop requirements for AXA's internal toolset.
- Created React components for AXA's UI component framework.
- Worked on AXA's internal dashboard UI using a variety of custom components.
Senior Full-stack Engineer
Kentik
- Transitioned an existing Backbone.js application to React.
- Redesigned, simplified, and implemented a new version of an existing alerting application that contained over 100 form fields and drastically reduced the amount of customer support calls with the simplified redesign.
- Developed a universal search feature for a customer-facing analytics application that allowed all of the application's data entities to be searched instantly within a single interface.
- Implemented various private APIs on a Node.js and PostgreSQL back end.
Senior Engineer
Payfirma
- Retrofitted the entire product for multilingual support as a requirement for the advance of a major financial partnership.
- Performed a security audit of the code and application.
- Created developer tools and documentation to enhance developer workflow.
- Improved the UI and UX across the entire application with an overhaul of the existing CSS code.
- Redesigned the database and the API for consistency, readability, performance, and future expansion.
- Mentored junior developers as needed on solving issues, code patterns, and general best practices.
Independent Contractor
YouEye
- Helped develop a user-testing application using Ruby on Rails and Backbone.js.
- Built various prototypes and created test suites for the application.
- Implemented a UX recommendation library that recommended specific best practices based on what UX problems were encountered.
Experience
UI/UX Portfolio
https://virtuosimedia.github.io/Portfolio/Skills
Languages
HTML, JavaScript, PHP, HTML5, CSS, Less, TypeScript, GraphQL, Sass
Frameworks
Bootstrap, Ruby on Rails (RoR), React Native, Redux
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, React, Backbone.js, Node.js, WebGL, D3.js, Immutable.js
Industry Expertise
Web Design
Other
Front-end, Localization, Icon Design, Front-end Development, Web UX, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX), App UI, Web UI, Web App UX, SVG, Responsive UI, Google SEO, Content Writing, Writing & Editing, Apollo, TypeORM
Tools
Canvas, Git, Grunt, Microsoft Excel, Fireworks, Ansible, Gulp, Webpack, Babel, Jenkins
Paradigms
Web UX Design, Interface Design, Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Contentful
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN, USA