Ben Roberts
Software Engineer at ShortSports Limited
United Kingdom
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolBen Roberts is a front-end focused software engineer with 8 years of experience building pixel-perfect, responsive web experiences and a track record of shipping consumer-facing products. He founded ShortSports Limited, a React-fronted sports news app published on both App Store and Google Play with over 1,000 users, and currently develops at Total Onion. Trained through General Assembly’s immersive program, Ben pairs strong UI/UX skills with practical full-stack experience (React, SASS, Django/Mongo integrations) and a disciplined, agile delivery approach. Before transitioning into software he spent several years in corporate finance and investment banking, which honed his analytical rigor, stakeholder communication and product-market judgment. He combines entrepreneurial instincts with attention to detail, often focusing on interaction design and front-end polish that lift usability beyond the obvious.
8 years of coding experience
Geography BSc, 2:1, Geography BSc, 2:1 at The University of EdinburghSoftware Development Immersive, Software Development Immersive at General Assembly
Github Skills (19)
admin9
bootstrap9
php8
bundle8
adminlte7
symfony7
symfony-bundle7
api6
dashboard6
refresh5
jwt5
refresh-token5
php-framework5
json3
twig-extension1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
boodle/modern-wp-plugin-boilerplate
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:1 release, 17 commits, 4 PRs in 28 days
TotalOnion/cbl-better-reviews
Dec 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:28 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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