Lee Benson

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ABOUT ME

Author ReactQL.org. JS/Node/Go/Python. 18 yrs+ C-level tech.

25+ years as a C-level CTO/technical founder for high-growth start-ups. Skill set spans inception to exit. Dabbled in Perl, PHP, JS/TS, RoR, Go, C# and Rust, mostly in that order.

I've worn pretty much every hat you can imagine - coder, manager, recruiter, accountant, freelancer, business strategist, marketer, copywriter - at C-level and in the trenches. Spent extended periods of time in Asia, South America and Europe. Spent 4 years as an Engineering Manager for DataDog after the 2021 acquisition of Timber. Now going back to my roots helping start-ups build an MVP faster than ever with AI.

I'm 43 years old and a dual UK-Canadian citizen. Living in Toronto, Canada.

English

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)

Joined November 2015

EXPERTISE

JavaScript

10 years experience

I'm the author of ReactQL (https://reactql.org), a starter kit that uses React, Redux, GraphQL, Webpack, PostCSS, LESS to build full-stac...

I'm the author of ReactQL (https://reactql.org), a starter kit that uses React, Redux, GraphQL, Webpack, PostCSS, LESS to build full-stack, universal/isomorphic Javascript apps. JS is my bread and butter. I've programmed in it since the late 90s, way before Node.js, before Prototype and Backbone, before V8 and before Node.js made it possible to build serious apps on the server-side. Check out my Github code at https://reactql.org -> View Source to see my work.

Es6 JavaScript Node.js React

HTML/CSS

10 years experience

I have strong experience with HTML and the DOM, and build HTML5, standards-compliant pages, etc. However, these days I rarely touch the D...

I have strong experience with HTML and the DOM, and build HTML5, standards-compliant pages, etc. However, these days I rarely touch the DOM; everything is React.js. I've had a ton of experience working with front-end developers and using SASS, and have built that experience into my ReactQL starter kit.

HTML/CSS

Shell

10 years experience

I have a ton of experience targeting AWS for solid deployments. Experience includes: Writing Dockerfiles (and Docker Compose), orchest...

I have a ton of experience targeting AWS for solid deployments. Experience includes: Writing Dockerfiles (and Docker Compose), orchestrating multiple containers, working with CentOS and CoreOS as a Docker host environment, running MySQL/PostgreSQL via RDS, setting up ELB load balancers and health checks, building HTTP/2 Nginx servers that proxy to Node.js back-ends, running private Route53 DNS zones and more. Writing server-side Node.js apps requires strong familiarity with the terminal - I know my way around Linux (most distros, but specifically CoreOS and CentOS)

AWS MySQL Linux

AWS MySQL Linux PostgreSQL Nginx Cloud DockerLinux terminalCoreOS

Node.js

10 years experience

I've written server-side Javascript apps since Node.js was first released in 2009. Nowdays, I exclusively use ES6/ES2017, with all the l...

I've written server-side Javascript apps since Node.js was first released in 2009. Nowdays, I exclusively use ES6/ES2017, with all the latest syntax enhancements - `const` and `let` statements, fat-arrow functions, rest/spread parameters, generators, import/export modules, async/await, I'm the author of https://reactql.org, a starter kit that uses React.js + GraphQL (via Apollo) + one of the most extensive Webpack configurations you'll see from any project on the planet. Check out my code and you'll quickly see where my skills are.

Es7 Es6 Node.js

Es7 Es6 Node.js Promises Async await Webpack GraphQL Apollo Apollostack Redux

React

10 years experience

TypeScript

10 years experience

Rust

8 years experience

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SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

graphql-with-sequelize

GraphQL working with Sequelize.js

JavaScript

139

babel-preset-node5

Babel preset for Node 5.x (ES6 / ES2015)

JavaScript

Stack Overflow

3082 Reputation

EMPLOYMENTS

CTO/Senior Engineer For Hire

Lee Benson Ltd

2013-01-01-Present

Freelance senior coder for hire, specialising in full-stack Node.js. Launched ReactQL, a universal, full-stack React + GraphQL Node.js...

Freelance senior coder for hire, specialising in full-stack Node.js. Launched ReactQL, a universal, full-stack React + GraphQL Node.js framework. Designed full-stack architecture for Naberly, a US realtor platform acquired by Fathom Holdings (Nasdaq: FTHM) in March 2021.

Node.js

React

GraphQL

Node.js

React

GraphQL

Engineering Manager

Datadog

2021-02-01-2025-01-01

Led the Vector Enterprise team - 15 engineers building Datadog's observability pipeline (Nasdaq: DDOG).

Observability

Vector Database

Observability

Vector Database

Senior Engineer

Timber Technologies, Inc. + Datadog

2018-10-01-2021-02-01

Go, Rust - Senior engineer for Vector - 2.5+ years. Founding Vector team (first 5). Acquired by Datadog, Inc. (Nasdaq: DDOG) in Februa...

Go, Rust - Senior engineer for Vector - 2.5+ years. Founding Vector team (first 5). Acquired by Datadog, Inc. (Nasdaq: DDOG) in February 2021.

Vectorization

Rust

Goap

Vectorization

Rust

Goap