About me

UX/Frontend Engineer specialised in Javascript SPA/MV* web applications. User experience passionate, challenge lover, team player and iterative development oriented. Experienced in banks, digital agencies & as an early stage developer in a top Swiss digital startup after honing my skills in Sillicon Valley.

Skills

Programming languages

FE favorite stack

  • Javascript ES9 [React, Mobx, Redux]
  • Real-time [socketIO]
  • CSS3 [Sass/Less]

BE stack (as FE oriented)

  • NodeJS [Express, MongoDB]
  • .NET, PHP, Python, JAVA

Technical details

    UX

    Sketch, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Invision

    Patterns

    Redux/MV*/SPA/OOCSS/SMACSS/MVC

    Favorite tools

    Atom, Yarn, Neutrino, Webpack, Babel, Npm, Grunt, Bower, Gulp, Git, Jenkins

    Tests

    Jsunit, jsPerf

    Agile methods

    Scrum

Professional experience

UX/Frontend Engineer full-time

at Pictet AM - Geneva, Switzerland

1 yr 4 mos

Nov 2017 - Feb 2019


Pictet is an independent asset manager helping clients make sense of global markets and invest for the long term.

 

Responsible for the creation & development of Pictet Digital Platform Customer Area.

Strong interactions with the design, marketing & analytics teams to manage to get a product that reaches Pictet's customers expectations.

 

Stack: React / Mobx / Sketch / Invision

Frontend Engineer full-time

at Wide Agency - Geneva, Switzerland

2 yr 2 mos

Jan 2016 - Feb 2019


WIDE creates, drives and leverages digital strategies that strengthen brands and grow their business.

 

Worked on different Web, Cordova & Node applications for various customers.

 

  • EA Games - Business application allowing the automation of multilingual videos creation development.
  • TL (Transports Lausannois) - Cordova iOS-Android application development.
  • Somefy/Nespresso - Web apps maintenance.

 

Stack: React / Cordova / NodeJS / Adobe ExtendScript language / Sketch / Photoshop

Lead Frontend Engineer full-time

at Goodwall - Geneva, Switzerland

3 years

Jan 2014 – Dev 2016

Goodwall is a social network that helps students get into university.

 

As the lead & early stage developer I was responsible for the development and the scalability of Goodwall’s web platforms following agile best practices. Built Goodwall’s frontend web platforms from scratch with React/Redux, Backbone/MarionetteJS and NodeJS.

 

Stack: React / Redux / Backbone / Marionette / NodeJS / SocketIO / Sketch / Photoshop

Continuous integration & delivery: Grunt /Jenkins / JSUnit

 

Today the company has raised more than 6 million dollars. With more than a million registered users, 16 000 active schools and it is now present in every countries in the world.

Frontend Web Developer internship

at Pubble - San Francisco, USA

4 months

June to Sep 2013

Pubble is a messaging platform that simplifies how teams interact with their customers

 

  • Built the responsive web app prototype.

Stack: Backbone, NodeJS, MongoDB, Sass

Backend & Frontend Web Developer internship

at Texys - Texas, USA

6 months

June to Nov 2012

Texys is a digital agency based in Austin involved in various project.

 

  • Implemented an ACLs manager respecting the compatibility with the java Play framework CRUD’s module.
  • Contributed to the design of the Corporate Games iPad app.

Stack: JAVA [Play], Javascript, Sass

Backend & Frontend Web Developer internship

at Nitroserv - Grenoble, France

6 months

Dec 2011 to May 2012

Nitroserv is a web platform providing gameserver hosting services.

 

  • Built an open-source service in Python [PyISPconfig] that communicate with ISPConfig PHP API and Nitroserv web application (available on github).
  • Developed the private messaging system used by more than 25,000 users per day.

Stack: Python [Django], Javascript, Less

Freelancer part-time

Grenoble, France

4 years

Sep 2011- Sep 2015

Worked with multiple clients on several projects as independent during 4 years.

Backend & Frontend Web Developer internship

at La maison du Net - La Roche sur Foron, France

1.5 year

June 2010 – Nov 2011

La Maison du Net is a digital agency involved in various projects.

 

  • Built the company dashboard to manage projects, customer services in real-time. I also contributed to the design and implementation of multiple corporate websites.

Stack: PHP, Javascript, Sass

References

"Benjamin is never frightened by new challenges, he’s tricky and efficient in front of a problem. Good guy at work and he’s very appreciated by the team."   -  Charles Zeblita

"Benjamin has shown a great ability to adapt to languages python and django. Always cheerful, he was very appreciated by his colleagues."   -  Julien Miribel

"Autonomously Benjamin has lead projects to a timely and successful completion."   -  Bassam Jawad

Education

M.S in Computer Sciences

at Supinfo - San Francisco, USA

2011 - 2013

Achievements

Goodwall web platform

at Goodwall

2013 - 2016

Goodwall web application built from scratch

See Platform

Linda Jump

as Personnal

2013

"Doodle Jump" like HTML5 game

Play game | Download sources

PyISPConfig

at Nitroserv

2012

Open-source service in Python that communicate with ISPConfig API

Download sources

Interests

I love the Photography, Dancing, Cooking, Traveling, Video Games and I am passionate about wine.