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Frédéric Benoit

Verified Expert in Engineering

Full-stack Developer

Saint-Saphorin, Switzerland

Toptal member since October 21, 2020

Expertise

Web Development Full-stack CSS PHP JavaScript jQuery REST API HTML5 WordPress Development GitHub Laravel AWS React.js Amazon API AWS Lambda

Bio

Frédéric has been developing responsive websites and applications for 20 years. Well-known clients include the International Olympics Committee, America's Cup, Breitling, IMD Business School, and the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. He specializes in developing custom WordPress themes and complex JavaScript applications while keeping the user interface at the center of his attention. Frédéric is a problem-solver and always brings innovative ideas to improve user experience.

Portfolio

Lifestage Solutions

Serverless, Event-driven Architecture, DYNAMO, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon API...

Red Steam Sàrl

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Salesforce, GraphQL, REST APIs, MySQL, Elasticsearch...

Traial

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Heroku, MySQL, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Laravel...

Experience

HTML - 20 years
PHP - 20 years
CSS - 20 years
REST APIs - 15 years
JavaScript - 15 years
WordPress Plugins - 10 years
WordPress - 10 years
Cypress - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

WordPress, ECMAScript (ES6), Elasticsearch, Laravel, React, JavaScript, Docker, Cypress, Git

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed is the Olympic athletes' website, including a social network feeds aggregator for all the athletes.

Work Experience

Head of Development | Deputy Head of IT

2021 - PRESENT

Lifestage Solutions

Led a dedicated team in developing a cloud-based, event-driven application architecture on AWS, using microservices to drive scalability and resilience.
Collaborated with clients, design teams, and developers to manage feature prioritization and ensure seamless communication across departments.
Drove solutions with a strategic problem-solving approach.

Technologies: Serverless, Event-driven Architecture, DYNAMO, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon API, AWS Lambda, React, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

Senior Full-stack Developer

2002 - PRESENT

Red Steam Sàrl

Created WordPress custom themes and plugins for various clients.
Built various responsive JavaScript web applications.
Developed REST APIs, connecting front ends to databases such as MySQL and Elasticsearch or AWS.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Salesforce, GraphQL, REST APIs, MySQL, Elasticsearch, React, jQuery, Lumen, Laravel, WordPress, PHP, ECMAScript (ES6), JavaScript, WordPress Plugins, Bitbucket, HTML5, GitHub, APIs, Front-end Development, NPM, Full-stack, MongoDB, User Experience (UX), Web Development, TypeScript, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

Chief Technology Officer

2018 - 2021

Traial

Defined the data flow for the user and counselor journey on the Traial website, which offers online legal advice.
Tracked and fixed bugs using Jira and used Cypress as an automated testing tool.
Implemented unit tests by using PHPUnit and Laravel.
Integrated Stripe API as a payment gateway with Laravel.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Heroku, MySQL, Bootstrap, JavaScript, Laravel, Stripe API, Front-end Development, NPM, Cypress, Full-stack, User Experience (UX), Web Development, Twilio, Twilio API, Amazon API

Full-stack Developer

2002 - 2004

Iomedia Communication SA

Co-developed the alinghi.com website, including AS3 components and HTML pages with CSS and Javascript.
Built a multi-language product catalog for the breitling.com website.
Developed AS3 components and HTML pages with CSS and JavaScript for the americascup.com website.

Technologies: Adobe Flash, AS3, CSS, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, Front-end Development, Full-stack, Web Development

Experience

Museum Collections App for the City of Lausanne

https://musees.lausanne.ch/

A JavaScript-based application. As the main developer, I built the responsive front end using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS and created a PHP gateway to format Ajax requests to Elasticsearch queries and display the results.

Program Finder for IMD Business School

https://www.imd.org/pf

A JavaScript-based application that allows users to select an educational program based on criteria. As the front-end developer for this responsive application, I also implemented the responsive HTML CSS layout and assisted with designing the user experience and defining the data model.

Prestations Web App for the City of Lausanne

https://www.lausanne.ch/prestations

A JavaScript-based application for municipal administration and services. As the main developer, I built the responsive front end using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS and created a PHP gateway to format Ajax requests to Elasticsearch queries and display the results.

WordPress Website for UFO Paris

https://ufo-paris.com

A WordPress-based website. As the developer for this WordPress custom theme, I designed the data model for custom objects and developed the responsive theme, including animations and refining the user experience.

WordPress Website for Victory Advisors

https://victoryadvisors.com

A WordPress-based website that won a Site of the Day award. As the developer for this WordPress custom theme, I designed the data model for custom objects and developed the responsive theme, including animations and refining the user experience.

React Dashboard for the City of Lausanne

A dashboard application for the city of Lausanne. I wrote the front end, API requirements, and specifications, and I assisted the designer in creating the mockups and UX. I also implemented a React application to display data in the user dashboard.

Education

1996 - 2000

Master's Degree in Economics and Information Technology

Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne) - Lausanne, Switzerland

Certifications

SEPTEMBER 2020 - PRESENT

Master Gatsby

Wes Bos

NOVEMBER 2019 - PRESENT

Docker Administration and Operations

Digicomp

Skills

Libraries/APIs

React, jQuery, REST APIs, Amazon API, Stripe API, Twilio API

Tools

GitHub, NPM, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), Git, Adobe Flash, Bitbucket, ELK (Elastic Stack)

Languages

JavaScript, SCSS, HTML, CSS, PHP, HTML5, DYNAMO, AS3, ECMAScript (ES6), GraphQL, Sass, TypeScript

Frameworks

Laravel, Cypress, Lumen, Redux, Bootstrap, Select2

Platforms

WordPress, AWS Lambda, Salesforce, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Twilio, Docker, Heroku, Sanity Studio, Netlify

Paradigms

Event-driven Architecture, REST

Storage

Elasticsearch, Databases, MySQL, MongoDB

Other

WordPress Plugins, APIs, Front-end Development, Full-stack, Web Development, Web Programming, User Experience (UX), Styled-components, Responsive Design, Ajax, Gatsby, Serverless

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