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Full-stack engineer

Benjamin Bruington

I build AI features and tools that make technical systems usable by non-engineers, like an LLM pipeline that turns engineering activity into client updates. I work in React, Next.js, TypeScript and Go.

Experience

  1. Axiaras · Full-Stack Developer

    Jun 2025 – Nov 2025

    Melbourne, Australia

    • Built an LLM pipeline that turns raw Jira and GitHub activity into plain-language client updates
    • Shipped an AI timeline endpoint that summarizes any date range as a summary or weekly digest
    • Owned the Jira integration end to end: OAuth install, token refresh and per-project webhooks
    • Built multi-tenant org onboarding on Clerk: invitations, join requests and role management
    • Scaffolded a Cloudflare Workers integrations service with rate limiting and Terraform
    • Wrote 200+ automated tests across TypeScript services and Go webhook handlers

  2. Squared · Full-Stack Developer

    Nov 2024 – Jun 2025

    Illinois, United States

    • Introduced Prismic CMS so non-engineers could publish docs without a deploy
    • Built task dependencies end to end, from schema and RPC service to “blocked by” UI
    • Extended the Slate rich-text editor to 3 surfaces with task autocomplete, code blocks and MDX conversion
    • Built @mention notifications with hover-card previews for tasks and comments
    • Automated Postgres backups to S3 with GitHub Actions and seeded local DBs from Neon

Projects

Party Planner

Nov 2025 – Present

A tabletop campaign manager built with TanStack Start and a Go ConnectRPC API on Neon. Developed AI-first with Claude Code, guided by a CLAUDE.md playbook that agents follow.

Earlier work

  • Chameleon

    Open-source social app connecting photographers with cosplayers

  • Chains of Fate Trials

    Live multiplayer puzzles: combine ingredients to craft potions

  • Discover Coffee

    Finds nearby coffee shops with Foursquare geolocation

Skills

Languages
TypeScript, Go
AI
OpenAI API, LLM prompt design, Claude Code
Frontend
React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, TanStack Query/Router, Zustand
Backend
Node.js, Hono, ConnectRPC, Protobuf, Drizzle, Prisma
Infra
Cloudflare Workers, AWS, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, Neon Postgres

Contact

Open to full-time roles. Send a note and I'll get back to you.

[email protected]
(386) 225-1574