Benjamin Reid
Principal Frontend Engineer at Journey Hospitality
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBenjamin Reid is a Principal Frontend Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience helping startups and established brands design, build, and evolve software platforms. He blends UX and design sensibilities with front- and back-end engineering, allowing him to deliver end-to-end projects and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration. A pragmatic technologist, he favors the right tool for the job and maintains long-term focus on accessibility, performance, and readable code. He has deep comfort with React (and React Native), Svelte, Vue, TypeScript, Ruby on Rails and Laravel, and has progressed from junior roles to leadership positions including Chief Creative Officer and current principal-level engineering. Based in England, he brings a practical product-first mindset and a passion for software that genuinely improves people’s lives. An understated strength is his ability to translate design intent into maintainable code, reducing friction between teams and accelerating delivery.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC National Diploma Multimedia, BTEC National Diploma Multimedia at Stamford College
Github Skills (142)
testing10
react-native-app10
styled-components10
http-client10
hybrid10
javascript10
background-location10
browser10
camera10
react-framework10
html10
compiler10
angular10
yeoman-generator10
static-site-generator10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
benjaminreid/nouveller.com
Sep 2014 - Jan 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 1 push in 4 years 5 months
nouveller/styles
Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:38 commits, 13 PRs, 11 pushes in 5 months
sassmixinscommonlycssreusable-components
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