Ben Eppel
Senior Software Engineer (Contract) at Ben Eppel Software Limited
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBen Eppel is a versatile senior software engineer with 12 years’ experience building full-stack web applications across C#, PHP, Java, JavaScript and Objective-C, currently contracting at the Home Office and running his own consultancy. He is a strong advocate of TDD, automated QA and Agile practices, with hands-on experience shipping rich client-side apps (notably AngularJS) and RESTful hypermedia APIs. Ben has led engineering teams in government projects, introduced Docker, ELK and Elasticsearch into production stacks, and helped shape front-end platform architecture at scale. Comfortable across Linux, Windows and macOS, he picks the right tool for the job and mentors peers through pair programming and code review. He combines practical ops experience (EC2, Heroku) with a background in technical documentation, client engagement and recruitment. Outside day-to-day delivery he reads widely on software development, bringing a reflective, quality-first mindset to engineering problems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
CBCBSc (honours), Information Systems, Java, C++, Systems Analyses and Design, BSc (honours), Information Systems, Java, C++, Systems Analyses and Design at London Metropolitan UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Information Technology at Computer Training Institute
English
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Github Skills (34)
javascript9
facebook9
python9
data-api9
shared-libraries8
azure-cosmos-db8
angularjs-application7
java-api7
html6
mcrypt6
domain-model6
vi6
vim6
api6
php6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
UKHomeOffice/drt-api-export
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Exports a list of files that contain API data to a postgres database
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 10 days
apidata-apipostgres-databaseexportspostgres
bnppl/vimrc
Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:6 pushes in 5 months
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