Benjamin Quinn
Senior Software Engineer at Squarespace
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Quinn is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building web and backend systems across startups and mid-size companies, currently at Squarespace in New York. He has strong practical expertise in Java, Python, Go, and front-end work—shipping features and fixes from UI/UX polish to concurrent and distributed data infrastructure. Past roles include senior engineering positions at HubSpot, Vroom, and Public.com, where he focused on scalable APIs and data infra. An active contributor to open-source, he’s worked on Flutter’s rich text editor adding keyboard shortcuts, selection fixes, and UI improvements—an indicator of his attention to developer experience and cross-platform frontend detail. Trained in Computer Science at the University of Vermont, he balances deep systems thinking with hands-on product delivery and a curiosity for concurrent programming patterns.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science and Information Systems, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science and Information Systems at University of Vermont
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Github contributions (5)
singerdmx/flutter-quill
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022
Rich text editor for Flutter
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 10 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Benjamin primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Flutter-based rich text editor. They focused on fixing UI bugs, such as toolbar focus issues and text selection behavior. Furthermore, they implemented new features like keyboard shortcuts and typing shortcuts for list creation and indentation. They also made improvements to the user interface, including highlighting empty lines and ensuring text selection spans the full line height.
rich-textwysiwyg-editorquill-deltarichtextquilljs
Blquinn/hugoblog
Jan 2019 - Mar 2024
A test hugo blog project
Contributions:3 PRs, 50 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 2 months
hugohugo-themeblog-projecthugo-blog
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