Benjamin Lees

Benjamin Lees

Web Developer at Founders and Coders

Location
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Industry
Computer Software
Current
  1. Founders & Coders C.I.C.
Previous
  1. Alikor Limited,
  2. Blue Engineering,
  3. Theobald lm
Education
  1. Collective Academy
Recommendations2 people have recommended Benjamin
201 connections

Join LinkedIn and access Benjamin’s full profile. It’s free!

As a LinkedIn member, you’ll join 400 million other professionals who are sharing connections, ideas, and opportunities.

  • See who you know in common
  • Get introduced
  • Contact Benjamin directly

Summary

I have a Masters in civil engineering, and I enjoy solving real world problems using applied mathematics. During my degree I was introduced to programming and started teaching myself C#. After finishing my degree I joined the Founders and Coders co-operative where I learnt web development using Node.js, Angular, React, SASS, jQuery. Whilst there I practiced test driven development and agile scrum. When the course finished I was involved in launching its agency division, and now teach as well as working as a contractor.

Experience

  • Full Stack Web Developer

    Founders & Coders C.I.C.
    – Present (1 year 2 months)

    Develop using: acceptance, integration and unit tests (with Mocha, Chai, tape, selenium and Supertest); source control (Git, GitHub) and branching strategies (“GitHub flow”); build tools (including npm, Gulp, Bower, Sass and Yeoman); CSS libraries (Bootstrap and Foundation); Frontend JavaScript libraries (including jQuery, D3, Underscore, AngularJS and React); Hybrid mobile app framework (ionic); Backend frameworks (including Express and Hapi); Building of native apps (Cordova) Databases (MongoDB); REST APIs; and Agile development processes (including Kanban and Scrum).

  • Junior Developer

    Alikor Limited
    (2 months)London, United Kingdom

    Involved in developing an enterprise windows phone app using the C#/.NET framework.
    Developed a REST API for a SaaS SPA/mobile application using C#/ASP.NET WebApi, Entity Framework and Microsoft SQL Server.

  • Assisting Structural Engineer

    Blue Engineering
    (3 months)London, United Kingdom

    Worked closely with a Team of Chartered Engineers to produce an Excel spreadsheet that would allow other Engineers to find the failure loads of various steel joints for different sized beams without laborious hand calculations.

  • Theobold Ltd

    Theobald lm
    (7 months)

    -General laboring
    -Carpenters assistant
    -Electrician assistant
    -Brick layer assistant
    -Person in charge of relaying the foreman's instructions to the non-English speaking workers
    -Ordering materials, machinery

  • Sales Assistant

    Waitrose
    (2 years)

    -In charge of dairy goods
    -Resolving customer disputes
    -Organizing morning shift

  • Labourer

    Top Grass
    (3 months)

    -Garden Maintenance
    -Ordering goods
    -Landscaping

Skills

Education

  • Collective Academy

    , Web Development

    Peer-led coding academy with a focus on web development. Curriculum included:
    * Front-end development: Javascript, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, D3, Angular.js, Jade, and Swig.
    * Back-end development: Node.js, Hapi, REST APIs, MongoDB, and Heroku.
    * Working in teams: git, GitHub, Scrum, pair programming, and other agile methodologies.
    * Acceptance and unit testing: Mocha, Supertest, Karma, Jasmine, Chai, Lab, and Protractor.

    Activities and Societies: Rugby, squash, Engineers Without Borders.

  • University of Leeds

    Master of Engineering (MEng), Civil Engineering with Construction Management, 2.1

    Activities and Societies: Member of the civil engineering rugby team

  • The University of Calgary

    , Civil Engineering

    Spent my third year of my four year degree at the University of Calgary in Canada. Whilst there i picked up a love of skiing and also played for the rugby team.

    Activities and Societies: Member of the Calgary Dino's rugby team, skiing, designed a septic tank system for an eco-village.

Languages

  • English

Recommendations

A preview of what LinkedIn members have to say about Benjamin:

  • It has been a true pleasure to work and learn with Benji. He is a brilliant problem solver who makes time to understand the problem he is solving from multiple perspectives before crafting his solution. Benji has learned a number of technologies in his time at Founders & Coders at an impressive pace including Node.js, D3, Angular, React and Hapi. He consistently shares his knowledge with his colleagues and pushes everyone to achieve more through his contagious positive mindset. While we are sad to see Benji move on we know he will be an asset to any team he chooses to join. I would wholeheartedly recommend Benji to anyone needing an insightful, passionate and determined person who does not rest until great results are achieved.
  • Benjamin Lees is a brilliant developer, his focus and desire to build fantastic software is a credit to him. He is self motivated and hard working so is extremely quick at learning new technology. In short Benjamin is a pleasure to work with.

View Benjamin’s full profile to...

  • See who you know in common
  • Get introduced
  • Contact Benjamin directly

Not the Benjamin you’re looking for? View more

People Also Viewed

LinkedIn member directory:

  1. a
  2. b
  3. c
  4. d
  5. e
  6. f
  7. g
  8. h
  9. i
  10. j
  11. k
  12. l
  13. m
  14. n
  15. o
  16. p
  17. q
  18. r
  19. s
  20. t
  21. u
  22. v
  23. w
  24. x
  25. y
  26. z
  27. more