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Ben Duncan

Ben Duncan

Senior Web Developer

Bayonne, FR, 64100
+33 6 95 67 69 23
English, French

Background


About

About

I am a web developer with over 15 years of real-world experience, and have built production features serving millions of users. I am a based in France and am comfortable with remote work. I am particularly interested in improving user experiences on an ambitious and healthy remote-first team.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Senior Web Developer, komoot

    Mar, 2020 - Apr, 20255 years 1 month

    Pioneered TypeScript adoption and led the codebase migration, significantly improving maintainability as the development team expanded from 2 to 8 members. Overhauled specific aspects of web application architecture and transformed manual deployments into automated CI/CD workflows using CircleCI and later GitHub Actions with Docker. Developed robust internationalization solutions for 11 languages with diverse grammatical requirements. Contributed to site reliability through monitoring (Datadog/AWS CloudWatch) and testing (Playwright/Jest). Collaborated on DevOps using Terraform/AWS while serving as primary developer for the Growth Squad, delivering authentication, onboarding, and user management features.

    • React

    • TypeScript

    • JavaScript

    • Node.js

    • CSS

    • Storybook

    • Playwright

    • Datadog

    • AWS

    • CI/CD

    • I18N

  • , Instrument

    Jan, 2017 - Jan, 20192 years

    Instrument is a creative agency which specializes in developing websites and applications for major brands including Nike, Intel, and Google. I consulted for them on multiple projects.

Skills

Skills

  • Inventing

    Electricity

    Sound Recording

    Motion Pictures

  • Entrepreneurship

    Business Development

    Product Innovation

    Industrial Research

References

References

  • Henry Ford

    Thomas Edison was a brilliant inventor and a visionary businessman. His work has had a profound impact on the modern world.