Benjamin K
Staff Software Engineer at Datadog
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin K is a Staff Software Engineer based in Paris with nine years of experience building and scaling user-facing web applications, primarily at Datadog where he progressed from frontend engineer to staff-level individual contributor. He blends strong front-end craftsmanship with product-facing sensibilities, having improved documentation UX and responsive design for notable open-source projects like Yarn's berry repository. Comfortable leading teams and shipping polished interfaces, he has experience across engineering management and hands-on development, which helps him bridge strategy and execution. Trained at CentraleSupélec and with a background in intensive preparatory programs, he brings rigorous problem-solving and attention to detail to complex UI and developer-experience challenges. An unspoken strength is his ability to move fluidly between improving developer docs and production-facing features, making technical content more accessible while maintaining high engineering standards.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
CentraleSupélecClasse préparatoire - PSI* Engineering Physics Maths Computer Science, Classe préparatoire - PSI* Engineering Physics Maths Computer Science at Lycée Henri LoritzClasse préparatoire - MPSI Maths Physics Chemistry Computer Science, Classe préparatoire - MPSI Maths Physics Chemistry Computer Science at Lycée Henri Poincaré
French, English
Github Skills (8)
gatsbyjs10
css10
responsive-design10
javascript10
gatsby10
react10
nodejs8
documentation6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
yarnpkg/berry
Jan 2020 - Apr 2021
📦🐈 Active development trunk for Yarn ⚒
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily focused on improving the user interface and user experience of the project's documentation website. Their contributions involved significant modifications to the Gatsby-based front-end, including adjustments to navigation, layout, and styling across multiple components. Key changes included responsive design enhancements for mobile devices, along with code revisions that refined the display of package details and overall visual presentation. They also made some small changes to the header and search bar.
yarnnpm-clijavascriptpackage-managernodejs
Ayc0/ayc0.github.io
Jan 2024 - Jul 2026
Various personal projects (finished or not 😅)
Contributions:2 reviews, 197 PRs, 344 pushes in 2 years 6 months
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