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Ben Counsell
Frontend Engineer with strong UX skills.
Experienced front-end engineer with excellent UX and design skills. Love working with React, Next.js, Typescript, GraphQL, and Tailwind to build amazing experiences on the web.
I've built a wide range of online products, with user bases of <1K up to 10+ million. Highlights include a #1 App Store app, subscription based online training platform, and a custom design system and component library.
Always looking to share my experience and ideas with team members, I enjoy taking the lead on projects, and love learning from others. Most happy when working with energetic, positive, cross-functional teams.
My perfect day is a mixture of React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, and UX & design.
Stockholm, Sweden +46 (0)73 718 68 86 LinkedIn
Skills
Tech Stack
React Typescript HTML & CSS Javascript Webpack
Next.js Git GraphQL AWS PHP Laravel
Design Tools
Photoshop Sketch Figma Zeplin
Experience
Frontend Engineer
Fishbrain
April 2019 - January 2021
Stockholm, Sweden.
React Typescript GraphQL
Tailwind.css & Styled components Sketch & Framer X
Working in a cross-functional team, my days were split between React, Typescript, CSS, and UX. I helped take fishbrain.com from a marketing site to a modern web app serving 10+ million users. Working across the full spectrum, from initial idea to implementation, I enjoyed focussing on user experience.
My biggest project was leading the web team in building a custom design system / component library. We built this using styled-system, styled components, and Typescript.
I strived for the highest standards in HTML and CSS, for both accessibility and quality. The design system improved workflows, developer experience, and design consistency.
This system gave the team a solid, highly performant foundation to build custom web-based UI's with.
I worked on design and prototyping in Sketch, Zeplin, and Framer (love Framer for the interactive prototyping)
Senior Full-stack Engineer
Realmac Software
May 2005 - Present
Remote.
Full-stack development of a subscription based App Store.
Building a subscription based marketplace with React, Next.js, Tailwind.css, and Laravel for the backend. I focus a lot of energy on UX, and enjoy analysing data for conversions from free users to paid subscribers. Work also includes working with external payment provider APIs, database management, and server maintenance.
Previously I built a video training platform using server side rendered templates. Similar to how Hotwire.dev works, we sent SSR templates over the API, rather than JSON. This meant the heavy lifting was done the server (and allowed us to heavily optimise for performance), leaving the front-end mostly for the presentation layer.
The backend is written in Laravel. The front-end is based on server side rendered components and uses utility-first CSS with Tailwind. The end result is a super fast web app with a minuscule footprint; less than 30K CSS, and under 60K JavaScript.
I have also:
Hosted and produced a weekly podcast.
Run a weekly developer newsletter.
Produced video training courses.
Software Engineer
iZettle
January 2014 - February 2014
Stockholm, Sweden.
Front-end web development for iZettle.com.
. Interacted with external APIs
. Updated the support portal with a tightly integrated experience with third-party services
Front-end Web developer
H&M
September 2013 - December 2013
Stockholm, Sweden.
. Working with an existing large-scale code base
. Tasked with improving the UX of all product galleries.
. Customised existing JavaScript libraries for additional features
. Worked with back-end developers to implement new APIs
. Converted both the mobile and tablet sites to be fully responsive.
. Implemented new workflows, libraries, and tools to modernise the teams front-end workflow.
Other Details
Away from work
Family, crossfit, coffee, football, the Swedish outdoors.
Fun facts
Presented at the San Francisco Apple store. Semi-pro barista. Scored a goal at a Premier League ground.
Languages
Swedish
English
Ben Counsell
Frontend Engineer with strong UX skills.
Experienced front-end engineer with excellent UX and design skills. Love working with React, Next.js, Typescript, GraphQL, and Tailwind to build amazing experiences on the web.
I've built a wide range of online products, with user bases of <1K up to 10+ million. Highlights include a #1 App Store app, subscription based online training platform, and a custom design system and component library.
Always looking to share my experience and ideas with team members, I enjoy taking the lead on projects, and love learning from others. Most happy when working with energetic, positive, cross-functional teams.
My perfect day is a mixture of React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, and UX & design.
Stockholm, Sweden +46 (0)73 718 68 86 LinkedIn
Skills
Tech Stack
React Typescript HTML & CSS Javascript Webpack
Next.js Git GraphQL AWS PHP Laravel
Design Tools
Photoshop Sketch Figma Zeplin
Experience
Frontend Engineer
Fishbrain
April 2019 - January 2021
Stockholm, Sweden.
React Typescript GraphQL
Tailwind.css & Styled components Sketch & Framer X
Working in a cross-functional team, my days were split between React, Typescript, CSS, and UX. I helped take fishbrain.com from a marketing site to a modern web app serving 10+ million users. Working across the full spectrum, from initial idea to implementation, I enjoyed focussing on user experience.
My biggest project was leading the web team in building a custom design system / component library. We built this using styled-system, styled components, and Typescript.
I strived for the highest standards in HTML and CSS, for both accessibility and quality. The design system improved workflows, developer experience, and design consistency.
This system gave the team a solid, highly performant foundation to build custom web-based UI's with.
I worked on design and prototyping in Sketch, Zeplin, and Framer (love Framer for the interactive prototyping)
Senior Full-stack Engineer
Realmac Software
May 2005 - Present
Remote.
Full-stack development of a subscription based App Store.
Building a subscription based marketplace with React, Next.js, Tailwind.css, and Laravel for the backend. I focus a lot of energy on UX, and enjoy analysing data for conversions from free users to paid subscribers. Work also includes working with external payment provider APIs, database management, and server maintenance.
Previously I built a video training platform using server side rendered templates. Similar to how Hotwire.dev works, we sent SSR templates over the API, rather than JSON. This meant the heavy lifting was done the server (and allowed us to heavily optimise for performance), leaving the front-end mostly for the presentation layer.
The backend is written in Laravel. The front-end is based on server side rendered components and uses utility-first CSS with Tailwind. The end result is a super fast web app with a minuscule footprint; less than 30K CSS, and under 60K JavaScript.
I have also:
Hosted and produced a weekly podcast.
Run a weekly developer newsletter.
Produced video training courses.
Software Engineer
iZettle
January 2014 - February 2014
Stockholm, Sweden.
Front-end web development for iZettle.com.
. Interacted with external APIs
. Updated the support portal with a tightly integrated experience with third-party services
Front-end Web developer
H&M
September 2013 - December 2013
Stockholm, Sweden.
. Working with an existing large-scale code base
. Tasked with improving the UX of all product galleries.
. Customised existing JavaScript libraries for additional features
. Worked with back-end developers to implement new APIs
. Converted both the mobile and tablet sites to be fully responsive.
. Implemented new workflows, libraries, and tools to modernise the teams front-end workflow.
Other Details
Away from work
Family, crossfit, coffee, football, the Swedish outdoors.
Fun facts
Presented at the San Francisco Apple store. Semi-pro barista. Scored a goal at a Premier League ground.
Languages
Swedish
English