Remote - Front End Engineer
New York, New York
Discovery Inc
Senior Front End Engineer
November 2019 to April 2020
Manhattan, New York, United States
Deis, Inc
Software Test Engineer
December 2012 to January 2014
Boulder, Colorado
Mast Web Design
Front End Developer | Owner
March 2010 to December 2012
Melbourne, Australia
JetPug
Full Stack Engineer
January 2014 to October 2019
San Francisco Bay Area
⦿ Take ownership of the platforms’ eventing architecture⦿ Implement new UI elements on the Video-On-Demand application⦿ Work together with the analytics team to provide them with the data they need⦿ Ensure that strong type-checking is implemented at every level of the codebase⦿ Advise the cultural board on events and activities to help make employees happier ⦿ Take ownership of the platforms’ eventing architecture⦿ Implement new UI elements on the Video-On-Demand application⦿ Work together with the analytics team to provide them with the data they need⦿ Ensure that strong type-checking is implemented at every level of the codebase⦿ Advise the cultural board on events and activities to help make employees happier
What company does Ben Grunfeld work for?
Ben Grunfeld works for Discovery Inc
What is Ben Grunfeld's role at Discovery Inc?
Ben Grunfeld is Senior Front End Engineer
What industry does Ben Grunfeld work in?
Ben Grunfeld works in the Information Technology and Services industry.
Who are Ben Grunfeld's colleagues?
Ben Grunfeld's colleagues are Brad Frayo, Matthew Wagner, Kate PE, Doug T., Araí Monteforte, John Coelho, Tracey Dubuque, Max Beck, Udit Mehrotra, and Hisham Jabi
📖 Summary
Senior Front End Engineer @ Discovery Inc ⦿ Take ownership of the platforms’ eventing architecture⦿ Implement new UI elements on the Video-On-Demand application⦿ Work together with the analytics team to provide them with the data they need⦿ Ensure that strong type-checking is implemented at every level of the codebase⦿ Advise the cultural board on events and activities to help make employees happier From November 2019 to April 2020 (6 months) Manhattan, New York, United StatesSoftware Test Engineer @ Deis, Inc As a Software Test Engineer, I wrote automated testing scripts in Python using the PyUnit and Pexpect modules. I also maintained the example applications for the Deis project (http://deis.io) on GitHub and perform constant testing in 11 different languages (Ruby, Python, Node.js, Java, Clojure, Scala, Play, PHP, Perl, Dart and Go).Most of the example apps I either wrote myself or edited to conform to company standards. I also wrote the documentation for all of the apps. (https://github.com/search?q=%40opdemand+example-)Deploying applications to the cloud was also part of my duties, so I have a good knowledge of Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS and Heroku. I have yet to work with DigitalOcean and Rackspace, but they're both on my radar.My other tasks at OpDemand involved:– Taking care of all the Front End Development and building complex websites– Providing advice on SEO, SEM & Social Media strategy, analysis and implementation.– Writing the marketing plan which lays out best-practices for canvassing the productRegarding Front End Development, the technologies I have worked with include:HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, Adobe CS6 (Photoshop and Illustrator), Twitter Bootstrap, MySQL, SQL, PHP, Sphinx, Wordpress, & Mailchimp. From December 2012 to January 2014 (1 year 2 months) Boulder, ColoradoFront End Developer | Owner @ Mast Web Design ⦿ Design and develop game in PHP for City of Melbourne (Aus)⦿ Game was used by over 1000 players and advertised across the state⦿ Code corporate websites for small businesses: Wordpress, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, Adobe CS5⦿ Manage servers that the game and websites were deployed to From March 2010 to December 2012 (2 years 10 months) Melbourne, AustraliaFull Stack Engineer @ JetPug Common Code (Melbourne, Australia)⦿ Create & test app components: ES6+, Next.JS, TypeScript, Styled Components, ⦿ GraphQL, Apollo, Jest⦿ Architect RESTful APIs and backends for IOT data ingest: Node, Express, MongoDB⦿ Implement redesign of legacy website using: React, Next.JS, TypeScript, Styled ComponentsTetra Tech (Denver, Colorado)⦿ Build data visualization platform for Industrial Plant: React, D3, Express, ⦿ Nginx, AWS EC2, AWS RDS⦿ Work with Chief Data Scientist to implement algorithms for IOT Big Data ⦿ analysis⦿ Collaborate with civil engineers and SME’s to create the ideal product for themAKQA (San Francisco, California)⦿ Code new web pages: Backbone, Marionette, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, Adobe AEM⦿ Coordinate with the Design Team to ensure the web pages fit their vision⦿ Test front-end code in CI/CD pipeline: Jasmine, Karma, Mocha, Chai, TravisWorkiva (Boulder, Colorado)⦿ Develop a cloud monitoring app: Python, GAE, BigQuery, Datadog⦿ Create a Github private repo console: Python, GAE, Github API, Javascript, ⦿ HTML, CSS⦿ Write technical documentation for company projects: Markdown From January 2014 to October 2019 (5 years 10 months) San Francisco Bay Area
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