Benjamin Albert
Senior Software Development Engineer at Thomson Reuters
Rehovot, Center District, Israel
Summary
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RockstarBenjamin Albert is a senior software development engineer with 11 years of professional experience and a coding journey that began at age 13. He specializes in full-stack web development across startups and large enterprises, currently contributing to Thomson Reuters after several impactful years at Casetext. Benjamin has built scalable SPA architectures, complex reporting and PDF generation pipelines, and cross-platform tooling—skills honed through roles ranging from the Israel Defense Forces to product-focused startups. He contributes to notable open-source projects like the popular Dillinger Markdown editor, improving export performance and UX. Comfortable mentoring and leading small teams, he prioritizes company culture and practical, maintainable engineering solutions. Based in Rehovot, Israel, he brings a pragmatic balance of hands-on implementation and system-level thinking.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
English, Hebrew
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Github Skills (25)
markdown10
editors10
javascript10
editor10
markdown-it10
nodejs10
expressjs9
exporter9
pdf9
pdfa9
html8
angularjs8
css8
swing6
client-server6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
joemccann/dillinger
Mar 2016 - Jun 2016
The last Markdown editor, ever.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 50 commits, 15 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily focused on refactoring and improving the Dillinger application's functionality. Their work included refactoring the `app.js` file, optimizing plugin modules and document export processes, and enhancing PDF export performance. The user also implemented features such as drag-and-drop file import and added menu items for improved usability, contributing to both the frontend and backend aspects of the Markdown editor.
javascripteverbloggingidenodejs
benjamin-albert/jquery-ui-month-picker
Sep 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:197 pushes, 22 branches, 3 tags in 1 year 7 months
month-pickerjqueryjquery-uimonthpicker
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