Benson Tran
Software Engineer III at Shippo
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBenson Tran is a pragmatic Software Engineer III based in Boston with a decade of experience building front-end React applications and integrating AI into product flows. He has driven feature development at Microsoft—helping launch Power Automate AI Flows and pioneering GPT-based Copilot chat functionality—and continues to ship production web features at Shippo. Benson pairs strong React/TypeScript skills with practical backend integrations (Golang, RabbitMQ, MQTT) and infrastructure work (Terraform on GCP), reflecting a full-stack mindset beyond his front-end focus. Known for reliable E2E test improvements and TDD discipline, he moves quickly from prototypes to maintainable production code. He also has startup experience mentoring juniors and building user-facing visualizations, showing both hands-on craftsmanship and a talent for lifting teams.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Georgia Southern University
Github Skills (10)
packer4
yahoo-finance4
checker3
java2
robocup2
simulation1
compiler1
python1
java-compiler1
simulator1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bensonbenson/7Day-High-Frequency-Stock-Data
Oct 2018 - May 2020
Utilizes Yahoo Finance's API to extract 7 days worth of High Frequency Stock Data (minute-by-minute ticks)
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 1 year 7 months
yahoo-finance
bensonbenson/C-BisectionMethod
Aug 2018 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 7 months
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