Ben McCormick

Product Engineer

West Leederville, Western Australia, Australia19 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

17 years of experience in design and development.
Expert in full stack development and design systems.
Proven track record in mentoring and team empowerment.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fullstack Developer with a strong focus on Design and User Experience in SaaS.

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Skills

Core Skills

Full Stack DevelopmentWebglDesign SystemsDesign

Other Skills

FirebaseReactRuby-on-RailsWebRTCAccessibilityMentoringRefactoringPerformance optimizationFront-end architectureUser experience designAmazon Web Services (AWS)styled-componentsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Rapid PrototypingUIX

About

I am a design engineer and creative coder focused on the entire frontend stack including React, WebGL, WebGPU and Three.js development, interface and interaction design; as well as creative direction and animation. With over 17 years of experience embedded across product teams, I thrive across disciplines - taking great pride in my ability to adapt; connecting and elevating teams I work with. I am adept working in startup, scaleup, traditional and remote environments. I approach my work with passion, enthusiasm, and a desire to bring every experience to the highest levels of quality. I try to be the best possible teammate, and love seeing and celebrating my colleagues' successes. Skills: - Creative development - Full stack development (Node, Next.js, React) - WebGL (THREE.js, react-three-fiber, GLSL) - WebGPU (TSL) - Design (UI, UX) - Rapid prototyping and iteration - Motion design - Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum)

Experience

19 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

4 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Bonobo

Great Ape

Nov 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · Remote

As part of the team that builds award-winning experiences for Apple devices, I am responsible for maintenance and support of full-stack systems across our suite of products using Firebase, as well as design and development of rich web experiences using React and WebGL

FirebaseReactWebGLFull stack development

Speakeasy

Senior Design Engineer

Nov 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr · Perth, Western Australia, Australia · Hybrid

An early-stage start up focusing on delivering an unique vision of client communication where email is enhanced with video, audio, and file sharing. I was responsible for front-end development and architecture using React and Ruby-on-Rails; design systems and delivering core product experiences with WebRTC

ReactRuby-on-RailsWebRTCFull stack developmentDesign systems

Agworld

Senior Design Engineer

Mar 2018 – Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Perth, Western Australia

Advocating design as a key differentiator in software through building design systems, accessibility, mentoring and empowering teams to make impactful, scalable decisions.
Tech and design lead for Signal - a design system that has helped improve consistency of experience for over 1500 customers
Tech and architectural lead on a consolidated front-end technical stack that is helping scale a fast-growing product development team
Tech and architectural lead on refactoring a 10+ year old legacy codebase that has helped improve measured performance by over 30%
Established and lead a UX team that has helped embed customer research, usability testing and design practice across three different product squads
Design, UX and front-end lead on several customer-facing projects that has helped Agworld reach hundreds of new customers over two years
Mentored and supported teams and individuals in design, front-end development and accessibility disciplines

Design systemsAccessibilityMentoringDesignFull stack development

Acquire technology solutions

Senior Full Stack and Design Engineer

Apr 2006 – Dec 2017 · 11 yrs 8 mos · Perth, Australia

Working closely with a talented team over 11 years to build and ship acQuire's core products. Focused on building and maintaining front-end architecture & systems; as well as designing the user experience and visual design of their products.

Front-end architectureUser experience designFull stack developmentDesign