Jamie Benstead
Software Engineer at Raspberry Pi Foundation
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJamie Benstead is a software engineer based in Cambridge with 12 years of professional experience building web and mobile applications, now contributing at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He specialises in modern JavaScript stacks—React, Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL and TypeScript—alongside solid REST and testing practice, and has repeatedly modernised legacy systems and workflows for colleges and clients. Jamie pairs disciplined, goal-oriented problem solving—honed during a prior career as a personal trainer—with a hands-on, learning-by-doing approach to shipping features, improving test coverage, and uplifting team processes. Notable projects include rebuilding a college intranet with Laravel/Filament, upgrading Strapi and GraphQL backends, and rapidly delivering a mobile booking app under social-distancing constraints. Outside work he channels curiosity into Brazilian jiu-jitsu, photography and space topics, reflecting a blend of technical focus and creative interests.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Science, 1st, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Science, 1st at Anglia Ruskin University
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Github Skills (4)
authentication9
drupal9
css2
responsive2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
misd-service-development/drupal-raven
Feb 2014 - May 2022
Raven authentication module for Drupal
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 8 commits in 8 years 3 months
authenticationdrupal
misd-service-development/drupal-feature-teasers
May 2018 - Oct 2020
University of Cambridge teasers feature for Drupal 7
Contributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 5 PRs in 2 years 5 months
drupal
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