Benji Shine

Engineers teaching engineers to teach engineers to teach engineers

Benji Shine is a software generalist with a diverse skill set in web development, 2D and 3D graphics, Ruby on Rails, user interface design, and open source frameworks. Passionate about user experience and proficient in JavaScript, particularly Ember.

Benji specializes in collaborating with designers, rescuing abandoned projects, improving tools, and refining processes. Possesses expertise in user interface design and pixel-tweaking.

Education-wise, Benji studied Computer Science at Brown University and later pursued Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Studies at Mills College.

Having held various roles at top tech companies, Benji previously worked as a Technical Program Manager, Learning Specialist, and Staff Software Engineer at Slack. Additionally, he has worked as a Software Engineer at Twitter, a Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo!, a Senior Software Developer at Wells Fargo, and in various engineering roles at other organizations like AltSchool, 280south.com, Laszlo Systems, and Quokka Sports.

To add to his rich professional background, Benji has experience as a Research Programmer at Brown University and as a Creative Engineer at construct.