David Benjamin

Software Engineer

I am an experienced software engineer seeking a full-time position. I take pride in writing reliable, performant and maintainable software.


Notable Projects

  • OpenCV-based League of Legends data extractor lead
  • The Last of Us original game site lead
  • Real-time Twitch.tv League of Legends extension lead
  • The Wizard of Oz 50th Anniversary site lead
  • Movie site for the first Hunger Games film lead
  • Jumanji Run - A web-based game for the reboot of the Jumanji franchise lead
  • Glowbot - A text-to-speech robot modeled after the one in the Netflix show, Glow lead
  • Arrested Development's You're Gonna Get Some Walk-ons contest for Netflix lead
  • Hidden star finding game for the movie Prometheus contributor
  • Dodge Dart Registry - A site to relaunch the Dodge Dart and allow customers to crowsource financing. contributor
  • A highly customized Disney Studios International Tumblr theme for all regions lead
  • Playboy.com conversion to Next.js contributor

Languages, etc.

Times are approximate due to gaps in data reporting. Margin for error is approximately -5%.
Rust
603 hours
TypeScript
213 hours
YAML
103 hours
Lua
102 hours
Svelte
84 hours
Terraform
48 hours
Java
45 hours
Markdown
40 hours
Go
26 hours
Bash
26 hours
March 19, 2022 Total: ~1522 hours Average Daily: ~5 hours

Work Experience

Contract / Self-employed

May 2009 to Present
Accomplishments
  • Original web version of Jumanji Run game for the movie release
  • A distributed kiosk quiz experience for BlackHat conference
  • A talking robot gif generator for the Netflix show Glow
  • Wizard of Oz 50th Anniversary site
Stack
AWS
Github
JavaScript
Node.js
TypeScript

Little Cinema Digital (temporary contract)

February 2022 to August 2022
Accomplishments
  • Researched and wrote RFC for a WebRTC deployment with multiple options and the pros and cons of each.
  • Designed a WebRTC infrastructure based around LiveKit
  • Gave presentation on WebRTC technology to engineering team
  • Constructed UI components within their current application to support the WebRTC infrastructure
  • Wrote AWS CDK to deploy the LiveKit infrastructure along with their current stack
  • Transferred knowledge to team when contract ended
Stack
AWS
Github
Kubernetes
Node.js
TypeScript
WebRTC

Supergroup

November 2019 to November 2021
Accomplishments
  • Delivered quality code for client projects
  • Built new and maintained current features for Playboy.com
  • Transferred knowledge to new team at Playboy.com via working sessions
  • Built reesesbookclub.com
  • Built tool to search subreddits for keywords and sentiment
  • Redesigned company stack to be easier to deploy and more developer friendly
Stack
AWS
Contentful
Github
GraphQL
Hasura
Netlify
Next.js
Node.js
React
Shopify
TypeScript

EsportsOne

April 2018 to November 2019
Accomplishments
  • Rebuilt original computer vision processor, basically converting it from C# and needing to be manually operated through Remote Desktop to a Go codebase with higher performance and much lower resource requirements.
  • Built a UI dashboard to display real-time information from a League of Legends computer vision processor
  • Built a Twitch.tv extension, both ui and backend, to display real-time data about the League of Legends match currently being played on stream
Stack
AWS
Github
Go
GraphQL
JavaScript
LibAV
MobX
Next.js
Node.js
React
TypeScript

Union + Webster / The Craftsman Agency

July 2013 to March 2016
Accomplishments
  • Lead all tech efforts within organization
  • Collaborated with account managers to refine their ideas into buildable products
  • Wrote code for, deployed and maintained nearly all development projects
Stack
CSS
DigitalOcean
HTML
JavaScript
Next.js
Node.js
React

Ignition Interactive

March 2012 to March 2013
Accomplishments
  • The Last of Us game web site
  • The Hunger Games movie web site
  • Arrested Development "You're Going to get Some Walk Ons" contest site
  • Dodge Dart relaunch crowdfunding site
Stack
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
jQuery

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