Benjamin Bouvier

UX/Frontend Engineer

+ 33 (0)6 17 97 04 57
hey@benjaminbouvier.com
www.benjaminbouvier.com

About me

UX/Frontend Engineer specialised in Javascript SPA/MV* web applications. User experience passionate, challenge lover, team player and iterative development oriented. Experienced in banks, digital agencies & as an early stage developer in a top Swiss digital startup after honing my skills in Sillicon Valley.

Skills

Programming languages

FE favorite stack

Javascript ES9 [React, Mobx, Redux]
Real-time [socketIO]
CSS3 [Sass/Less]

BE stack (as FE oriented)

NodeJS [Express, MongoDB]
.NET, PHP, Python, JAVA

Technical details

UX

Sketch, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Invision

Patterns

Redux/MV*/SPA/OOCSS/SMACSS/MVC

Favorite tools

Atom, Yarn, Neutrino, Webpack, Babel, Npm, Grunt, Bower, Gulp, Git, Jenkins

Tests

Jsunit, jsPerf

Agile methods

Scrum

Professional experience

UX/Frontend Engineer full-time

at Pictet AM - Geneva, Switzerland

1 yr 4 mos

Nov 2017 - Feb 2019 

Pictet is an independent asset manager helping clients make sense of global markets and invest for the long term.

Responsible for the creation & development of Pictet Digital Platform Customer Area.

Strong interactions with the design, marketing & analytics teams to manage to get a product that reaches Pictet's customers expectations.

Stack: React / Mobx / Sketch / Invision

Frontend Engineer full-time

at Wide Agency - Geneva, Switzerland

2 yr 2 mos

Jan 2016 - Feb 2019 

WIDE creates, drives and leverages digital strategies that strengthen brands and grow their business.

Worked on different Web, Cordova & Node applications for various customers.

EA Games - Business application allowing the automation of multilingual videos creation development.
TL (Transports Lausannois) - Cordova iOS-Android application development.
Somefy/Nespresso - Web apps maintenance.

Stack: React / Cordova / NodeJS / Adobe ExtendScript language / Sketch / Photoshop

Lead Frontend Engineer full-time

at Goodwall - Geneva, Switzerland

3 years

Jan 2014 – Dev 2016

Goodwall is a social network that helps students get into university.

As the lead & early stage developer I was responsible for the development and the scalability of Goodwall’s web platforms following agile best practices. Built Goodwall’s frontend web platforms from scratch with React/Redux, Backbone/MarionetteJS and NodeJS.

Stack: React / Redux / Backbone / Marionette / NodeJS / SocketIO / Sketch / Photoshop

Continuous integration & delivery: Grunt /Jenkins / JSUnit

Today the company has raised more than 6 million dollars. With more than a million registered users, 16 000 active schools and it is now present in every countries in the world.

Frontend Web Developer internship

at Pubble - San Francisco, USA

4 months

June to Sep 2013

Pubble is a messaging platform that simplifies how teams interact with their customers

Built the responsive web app prototype.

Stack: Backbone, NodeJS, MongoDB, Sass

Backend & Frontend Web Developer internship

at Texys - Texas, USA

6 months

June to Nov 2012

Texys is a digital agency based in Austin involved in various project.

Implemented an ACLs manager respecting the compatibility with the java Play framework CRUD’s module.
Contributed to the design of the Corporate Games iPad app.

Stack: JAVA [Play], Javascript, Sass

Backend & Frontend Web Developer internship

at Nitroserv - Grenoble, France

6 months

Dec 2011 to May 2012

Nitroserv is a web platform providing gameserver hosting services.

Built an open-source service in Python [PyISPconfig] that communicate with ISPConfig PHP API and Nitroserv web application (available on github).
Developed the private messaging system used by more than 25,000 users per day.

Stack: Python [Django], Javascript, Less

Freelancer part-time

Grenoble, France

4 years

Sep 2011- Sep 2015

Worked with multiple clients on several projects as independent during 4 years.

Backend & Frontend Web Developer internship

at La maison du Net - La Roche sur Foron, France

1.5 year

June 2010 – Nov 2011

La Maison du Net is a digital agency involved in various projects.

Built the company dashboard to manage projects, customer services in real-time. I also contributed to the design and implementation of multiple corporate websites.

Stack: PHP, Javascript, Sass

References

"Benjamin is never frightened by new challenges, he’s tricky and efficient in front of a problem. Good guy at work and he’s very appreciated by the team." - Charles Zeblita

"Benjamin has shown a great ability to adapt to languages python and django. Always cheerful, he was very appreciated by his colleagues." - Julien Miribel