David Benjamin

Software Engineer

I am an experienced software engineer who loves building applications for humans and computers alike. I can make any small-to-large project a reality or lead a team to make it happen.

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Notable Projects

in alphabetical order

Arrested Development's You're Gonna Get Some Walk-ons A social media competition for Netflix lead Link
Discover New Worlds A colony finding viral site for the film Prometheus contributor Link
Dodge Dart Registry A crowdsourcing site for auto financing contributor Link
DreamWorks Animation Blog Official Tumblr theme lead Link
Gathering Courage Crowdsourcing project celebrating the release of Tomb Raider lead Link
The Hunger Games Studio site for the first film lead
Jumanji Run A web-based game for the reboot of the Jumanji franchise lead
The Last of Us Original game teaser site lead
OneView Real-time Twitch.tv League of Legends extension lead
OneVision OpenCV-based League of Legends data extractor lead
Party With Glowbot A text-to-speech robot modeled after the one in the Netflix show, Glow lead
Playboy.com Conversion to Next.js, headless Shopify and additional features contributor
Reese's Book Club Main site for Reese Witherspoon's popular online book club lead Link
The Wizard of Oz 50th Anniversary Blu-Ray release lead

Work Experience

Contract / Self-employed Senior Full Stack Engineer

May 2009 to May 2009

Accomplishments

Built and deployed dozens of web sites and applications for clients of all sizes
Developed the 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

Git

JavaScript

Node.js

TypeScript

Lockwell Senior Software Engineer temporary contract

March 2023 to August 2023

Accomplishments

Built libraries that enabled core functionality within the application
Built bindings for external C libraries for use in Windows and MacOS in TypeScript and Rust, respectively
Integrated bindings into an Electron app
Built a MacOS privileged helper service in Rust

Stack

Electron

Git

Linux

Node.js

Rust

TypeScript

Little Cinema Digital Senior Video Engineer 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

Git

Kubernetes

Node.js

TypeScript

Supergroup Senior Full Stack Engineer

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

Docker

Git

Node.js

React

TypeScript

EsportsOne Senior Full Stack Engineer

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

Git

JavaScript

Node.js

React

TypeScript

The Craftsman Agency Technical Lead

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

HTML

JavaScript

Node.js

React

Ignition Interactive Senior Interactive Engineer

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

TotalBeauty.com Front-end Engineer

February 2011 to March 2012

Accomplishments

Responsible for all front-end code
Built new features from product requirements

Stack

CSS

HTML