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 213 hours

YAML

103 hours 103 hours

Lua

102 hours 102 hours

Svelte

84 hours 84 hours

Terraform

48 hours 48 hours

Java

45 hours 45 hours

Markdown

40 hours 40 hours

26 hours 26 hours

Bash

26 hours 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

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