Ben Smith
Developer Advocate
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarBen Smith is a Staff Developer Advocate at Stripe based in London with 11 years in software and developer relations. He helps developers integrate payments and platform features, fields Stripe questions publicly via Twitter, and balances technical depth with practical communication. Comfortable pairing code samples with clear guidance, he emphasizes shipping usable, well-documented integrations rather than theoretical demos. His public-facing role and long tenure suggest strong cross-team collaboration skills and a knack for translating product constraints into developer-friendly solutions.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (70)
amazon-ecs10
lamp10
bref10
serverless10
laravel10
mws10
serverless-applications10
lambda10
aws-lambda10
aws-sam10
serverless-framework10
symfony10
kinesis-stream10
amazon10
aws-fargate10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
aws-samples/step-functions-workflows-collection
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Step Functions Workflows. Learn more at the website: https://serverlessland.com/workflows.
Contributions:20 reviews, 75 commits, 222 PRs in 6 months
serverlessstep-functionsawsworkflowsworkflow
aws-samples/contact-form-processing-with-synchronous-express-workflows
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
This application uses a Synchronous Express workflow to analyse a contact form submission and provide customers with a case reference number.
Contributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 1 month
api-gatewayworkflowexpressjsserverlessexpress
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