Ben Smawfield
Software Engineer (Director) at UBS
Singapore, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Smawfield is a seasoned software engineering leader with 15 years’ experience building high-performing, distributed frontend teams across APAC financial services. Currently a UI Chapter Lead at UBS, he blends hands-on TypeScript/React development with architecture and workflow design for order management systems used by ~1,000 front-office users, and contributes to backend API design in Kotlin. He has a strong track record of creating reusable UI components, micro-frontend dashboards and compliance workflows that accelerate delivery across wealth and B2B banking products. Comfortable shipping on tight timelines, Ben emphasizes developer-led automated testing, rapid iteration and cross-border collaboration across Singapore, Bengaluru and EMEA. His background spans large-scale consumer platforms (EA/Origin) to embedded TV and mobile experiences, revealing an uncommon mix of fintech domain depth and broad platform engineering.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science, BSc (Hons) Environmental Science at Lancaster UniversityInternational Baccalaureate Computer Science, International Baccalaureate Computer Science at American Embassy SchoolUniversity College London
Github Skills (18)
npm10
redux10
html-sanitizer10
nodejs10
date-fns9
js9
datepicker9
documentation8
react8
javascript8
global-state7
webpack7
jsdoc6
sky3
firebase2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
theSmaw/florai
Feb 2026 - Jul 2026
Contributions:83 reviews, 4 PRs, 62 pushes in 4 months
theSmaw/Caja-HTML-Sanitizer
Oct 2010 - Apr 2018
Bundles Google Caja's HTML Sanitizer within a npm installable node.js module
Contributions:41 commits, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 7 years 6 months
html-sanitizernodejsnpm
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