Ben Coullie
Senior Software Engineer at Canva
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Coullie is a Senior Software Engineer based in Auckland with 11 years of hands-on experience building web applications, predominantly in frontend engineering. He has progressed through roles at Vend and First AML to his current position at Canva, shipping React, TypeScript, Next.js and GraphQL-based features at scale. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs modern frontend frameworks and state machines (XState) with robust testing (Jest, RTL, Cypress) and a pragmatic appreciation for backend services. His background in journalism and teaching gives him a strong focus on clear communication, documentation and user-centered design. Colleagues describe him as a fast learner who turns vague product ideas into well-tested UI experiences. He quietly blends design sensibility and engineering discipline to deliver polished, maintainable web interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Website design and development, Website design and development at ACG YOOBEE School of DesignSchooling: completed with multiple distinctions, Schooling: completed with multiple distinctions at Thomas More College (South Africa)Bachelor of Journalism (4th year honors equivalent), New Media, Cum laude, top of my class., Bachelor of Journalism (4th year honors equivalent), New Media, Cum laude, top of my class. at Rhodes University
English
Github Skills (82)
apollographql9
apollo-client9
caching9
chrome-extension9
graphql-client9
graphql9
tetris9
names9
uid8
ava8
sdk8
uuid8
nanoid8
sudoku8
firefox-addon8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bencoullie/google-search-shortcutter
Aug 2018 - Oct 2020
Speed up your google search via keyboard navigation 🔎
Contributions:1 PR, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
speedgooglegoogle-searchkeyboard-navigationkeyboard
bencoullie/can-i-order-pls-thanks
Mar 2020 - Aug 2021
I just want to get my normal groceries please, thank you so much 🙄
Contributions:6 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
normalgroceries
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