Benjamin Arias is a Paris-based web developer and co-founder/CTO with 11 years of experience building end-to-end SaaS products and front-end experiences. He founded and single-handedly developed tikki, a React/GraphQL SaaS using serverless Node.js and MongoDB Realm, handling everything from auth and email delivery to PDF generation and analytics. His background spans accessibility work (RGAA compliance), mentoring front-end students, and production SaaS development at companies like Saagie and KissKissBankBank. Benjamin also contributed front-end and 3D work to the open-source jeelizFaceFilter project, integrating a Three.js AR demo with custom 3D assets—an example of his mix of UI, backend, and WebGL skills. Practical, product-minded, and comfortable across the full stack, he combines startup grit with a teaching mindset.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Licence Droit-Economie, Licence Droit-Economie at Université Paris Nanterre
Senior Developer Nanodegree Web development (Front-End/Back-End), Senior Developer Nanodegree Web development (Front-End/Back-End) at Udacity
Javascript/WebGL lightweight face tracking library designed for augmented reality webcam filters. Features : multiple faces detection, rotation, mouth opening. Various integration examples are provided (Three.js, Babylon.js, FaceSwap, Canvas2D, CSS3D...).
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:71 commits, 54 pushes, 2 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin implemented a hat filter for a three.js augmented reality face filter demo, incorporating a 3D model (Luffy's hat) and related textures. They created and integrated the 3D model and associated textures. The user also added a video background and made modifications to the index.html file to correctly include the new demo.
Contributions:4 releases, 1024 reviews, 759 PRs in 1 year 8 months
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