Frédéric is available for hire

Frédéric Benoit

Verified Expert in Engineering

Full-stack Developer

Location

Saint-Saphorin, Switzerland

Toptal Member Since

October 21, 2020

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.

Web Development Full-stack WordPress Plugins CSS PHP JavaScript jQuery REST APIs HTML5 WordPress NPM GitHub Laravel React Web Programming

Portfolio

Traial

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

Red Steam Sàrl

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

Iomedia Communication SA

Adobe Flash, AS3, CSS, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, Front-end Development, Full-stack...

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

Chief Technology Officer

2018 - PRESENT

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, 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

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

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.

Skills

Languages

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

Frameworks

Laravel, Cypress, Lumen, Redux, Bootstrap, Select2

Libraries/APIs

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

Tools

GitHub, NPM, Git, Adobe Flash, Bitbucket, ELK (Elastic Stack)

Platforms

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

Other

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

Storage

Elasticsearch, Databases, MySQL, MongoDB

Paradigms

REST

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

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