Benjamin Broestl
Principal Software Engineer at eXp Realty
North Royalton, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Broestl is a Principal Software Engineer with nine years of experience building full-stack web applications, specializing in Ruby on Rails, HTML/CSS, and modern JS patterns (Stimulus, Reflex, Turbo). He co-founded a civ-tech SaaS startup and now leads front-end development on a small international team at eXp Realty, where his components and apps are used by over 80,000 agents. Comfortable across the stack, Benjamin has shipped Chrome extensions, production Skunkworks apps, and a reusable design library while leveraging AWS, Docker, and Redis for reliable deployments. His background in PC hardware and long-running role as a Newegg EggXpert give him a practical ops-and-hardware perspective that informs performant, accessible front-end work. Known for turning product ideas into polished user experiences, he combines startup grit with enterprise delivery.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at north royalton high schoolComputer Programming - Web Development Website Development, Computer Programming - Web Development Website Development at Udemy Alumni
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Github Skills (21)
viewcomponent9
geocoding8
rvm7
truffleruby7
mruby7
ruby-on-rails7
passenger6
omniauth-facebook6
rubinius6
devise6
websocket6
amazon-web-services6
ruby6
facebook6
postgresql6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Twistedben/Great-Places
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
Twistedben/unsplash_api
Oct 2019 - Feb 2022
A React JS app that grabs from Unsplash API for photos based on image search term.
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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