Ben Basson
Technical Architect at Fivium
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBen Basson is a Technical Architect with 13+ years delivering government-facing SaaS and bespoke systems, currently shaping the architecture and technical direction of Fivium’s eCase platform. A hands-on software developer at heart, he blends deep expertise in Oracle, PL/SQL, XML and Java with experience leading cross-functional teams, reducing technical debt and migrating legacy functionality. He has led development for major public-sector customers (HMRC, HM Treasury, BEIS) and has a track record of improving processes, tooling and team capability through mentoring and hiring. Ben’s background includes building high-usage Firefox add-ons (peaking at 300k+ users), presenting on spatial data processing, and conducting over 120 technical interviews—evidence of both technical depth and strong people skills. He prefers roles that emphasize engineering quality and cross-functional growth, and is explicit about avoiding banking/fintech positions. A first-class Computing graduate from the University of Surrey, he thrives on learning new approaches and experimenting with improvements across the delivery lifecycle.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computing and Information Technology, 1st Class with Honours, Bachelor’s Degree, Computing and Information Technology, 1st Class with Honours at University of Surrey
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Github Skills (57)
menu10
web-search9
webextension9
internet-explorer9
xml9
oracle9
chrome-extension8
firefox-addon8
jquery-plugin8
browser-extension8
tagging7
chrome7
thin7
firefox7
jquery7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
benbasson/contextsearch
Jan 2013 - Mar 2016
Contributions:1 release, 48 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 1 month
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benbasson/basson-dot-at
Jan 2015 - Jul 2018
Contributions:33 pushes in 3 years 6 months
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