Ben Bowler
Software Engineer at London
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarBen Bowler is a seasoned software engineer and startup founder with 14 years of experience building web-facing applications and user-focused tooling. Based in London but comfortable working globally, he spans front-end and full-stack development with particular strength in WordPress ecosystems and JavaScript UI work. He has contributed to widely used open-source projects such as AMP for WordPress and Google’s Site Kit, improving embed handling, analytics dashboards, and component behavior while also tightening tests and coding standards. His work shows a mix of product sensitivity and engineering rigor—shipping UI improvements that consider accessibility, test coverage, and platform conventions. As a developer-founder, he brings practical product instincts to technical problems and a track record of integrating third-party services cleanly into CMS workflows.
14 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (16)
wordpress10
php10
javascript10
google-amp10
react10
ampl10
html7
amazon-ec26
laravel6
amazon-web-services6
appconfig6
amazon-s36
database6
testing6
encoding6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
google/site-kit-wp
Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
Site Kit is a one-stop solution for WordPress users to use everything Google has to offer to make them successful on the web.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:422 reviews, 318 commits, 265 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to front-end development within the Google Site Kit for WordPress project. Their work involved modifying and updating JavaScript components, specifically related to analytics dashboards, search console utilities, and user input components. The changes include adjustments to date range selectors, pie chart implementations, and overall component behavior within the user interface. The commits also touch on end-to-end (e2e) tests, further suggesting a focus on UI and user-facing features.
wordpresssite-kit
ampproject/amp-wp
Aug 2019 - Aug 2019
Enable AMP on your WordPress site, the WordPress way.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 13 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the `amp-wp` WordPress plugin by updating and refining the `AMP_Twitter_Embed_Handler` class. Their contributions included adding support for various data attributes related to the `amp-twitter` tag, refactoring code to meet WordPress coding standards, and ensuring the correct pass-through of attributes. Further work involved updating tests to validate the correct handling of these data attributes and overall improved the integration of Twitter embeds within AMP pages.
wordpresswordpress-pluginamp
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