I'm Benjamin, a dynamic lead software engineer with over six years of experience driving scalable projects and teams. I excel at architecture design and developer management, delivering impactful solutions in fast-paced environments. My work focuses on building robust, scalable systems and mentoring teams to turn ideas into reliable products. I'm passionate about boosting operational efficiency, delivering offline-first and cloud-based architectures, and guiding teams from prototype to production. I enjoy solving complex problems and collaborating with cross-functional partners to ship high-quality software.

Benjamin Girard

I'm Benjamin, a dynamic lead software engineer with over six years of experience driving scalable projects and teams. I excel at architecture design and developer management, delivering impactful solutions in fast-paced environments. My work focuses on building robust, scalable systems and mentoring teams to turn ideas into reliable products. I'm passionate about boosting operational efficiency, delivering offline-first and cloud-based architectures, and guiding teams from prototype to production. I enjoy solving complex problems and collaborating with cross-functional partners to ship high-quality software.

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I’m Benjamin, a dynamic lead software engineer with over six years of experience driving scalable projects and teams. I excel at architecture design and developer management, delivering impactful solutions in fast-paced environments. My work focuses on building robust, scalable systems and mentoring teams to turn ideas into reliable products.

I’m passionate about boosting operational efficiency, delivering offline-first and cloud-based architectures, and guiding teams from prototype to production. I enjoy solving complex problems and collaborating with cross-functional partners to ship high-quality software.

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Language

English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
Swahili
Beginner
Korean
Beginner

Work Experience

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER & COOK at Self-employed
April 1, 2025 - Present
Self-employed software developer and cook in Nairobi, focusing on cloud kitchen solutions and rapid website deployment for restaurants; Led development of software to manage recipes, costs, orders, and inventory; Built scalable deployment strategies for multiple clients.
Lead Software Engineer at Kosmik
April 1, 2018 - September 30, 2024
Led software development for a cloud kitchen/restaurant management platform; grew the team from 1 to 8 developers; envisioned an offline-first, decentralised database-based operating system concept; implemented architecture design, CI/CD, server infrastructure, and DevOps practices; delivered rapid website deployment solutions and maintained a robust tech stack (Sentry, docker-compose, Docker).
Internship Student at MeilleursAgents
June 1, 2016 - December 1, 2016
Initiated web development using a legacy PHP stack; developed production-ready tools in Python with Flask to generate heat maps from large data volumes.

Education

Master of Science: Computer Science at EPITECH, Paris
January 11, 2030 - April 1, 2020
Bachelor of Science: Psychology at Paris Institute of Psychology (Paris Descartes) - Paris
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Retail

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