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Ben Modayil

Senior Frontend Engineer · Apex, NC

Over eight years of React experience, building applications across email marketing, fintech, healthcare, and cable.

Currently at AWeber, working with spec-driven and agentic development.

Experience

  1. Senior Frontend Engineer

    Spec-driven features, an AI signup form builder, and an agentic JavaScript-to-TypeScript pipeline.

    • TypeScript
    • agentic pipelines
    • spec-driven
  2. Upper-level Frontend Engineer

    HR product features in React and TypeScript, with company-wide AI adoption.

    • React
    • TypeScript
    • TanStack Query
    • Django
  3. Mid-level Frontend Engineer

    React and Redux review tooling for healthcare providers and partner sites.

    • React
    • Redux
  4. Frontend Engineer

    React SPAs and Storybook component work across advertising platforms.

    • React
    • Redux
    • Sagas
    • Storybook
  5. Hothouse Inc.

    Frontend Developer

    Campaign sites and data visualizations for national brands, built on AWS.

    • React
    • AWS Lambda
    • DynamoDB
    • Electron
  6. Frontend Developer Intern to Apprentice

    Client sites in Craft CMS during an internship-to-apprenticeship.

    • Craft CMS
  7. Self-employed

    Freelance

    Freelance JAMstack builds for law, therapeutic, and recruiting clients.

    • JAMstack
    • Netlify CMS

Recommendations

Ben is an incredible front end engineer. He's dedicated to excellent solutions and was a joy to work with. He delivered incredible work in the midst of significant ambiguity and was able to both implement creative solutions and help discover and guide the ideas that ended up in the product. He would be an excellent addition to any team and I'd love to work with him again in the future.

Brian Deyo

Product leader focused on winning strategy and execution excellence

They were senior to Benjamin but didn't manage Benjamin directly · 15Five

April 4, 2025

LinkedIn recommendation

I had the pleasure of working with Ben on a strategically important project: Anytime Feedback, a feature enabling users to give peer feedback at any time, integrated directly into the review process. Ben was pivotal in designing the frontend architecture, ensuring it was both scalable and intuitive. His work helped us to drive acquisition and contributed to a measurable reduction in churn among customers with low engagement in performance tools. The frontend experience was consistently praised in early customer feedback. Ben brought a sharp technical mindset and thoughtful collaboration that made a real difference in the success of the launch.

Kristina Mashchakevych

Product Manager | B2B & B2C | Mobile & Web | SaaS & Marketplace | Growth, Onboarding, Retention | Data-Driven | Remote-Friendly

They worked with Benjamin on the same team · 15Five

April 7, 2025

LinkedIn recommendation

Ben is one of those engineers that you never want to let go of. His has an infectious passion to improve user's and developer's experiences when interacting with software. Not only is he a great engineer, but an outstanding human being as well, always willing to lend a helping hand and mentor others. He would make a great addition to any team.

Nathan Norton

Engineering Leader with a focus on Front-end Technologies

They managed Benjamin directly · Loyal Health

July 8, 2022

LinkedIn recommendation

I had the pleasure of working with Ben Modayil at 15Five, where he stood out as a highly skilled and detail-oriented frontend engineer. He led development of high impact and key frontend initiatives, improved accessibility, and implemented static ID tracking to enhance data accuracy. Ben quickly picked up backend development as well, showing strong adaptability and a modern, tool-savvy workflow that kept him productive across the stack. He's also a fantastic teammate—always willing to pair, communicate clearly, and contribute to team culture through onboarding support and team events. Ben's next team is lucky to have him. I'd recommend him without hesitation.

Mark Chawla

Software Engineer with a focus in data driven solutions

They worked with Benjamin on the same team · 15Five

April 21, 2025

LinkedIn recommendation

Ben was an incredible teammate to work with at 15Five. Ben is a strong engineer who consistently delivers high quality work with strong sense of ownership of the product. He is a passionate advocate for innovation particularly in the AI space.

Zack Jackson

Software Engineer

They worked with Benjamin on the same team · 15Five

April 11, 2025

LinkedIn recommendation

Efficient, conscientious, and thorough are several words that come to mind when I think about Ben. As a product designer, I had the pleasure of working closely with him for a little over a year at Loyal. During that time, we tackled everything from completely new feature work, to design system implementation considerations, to ongoing design-engineering process improvements. Throughout all of this, I was consistently impressed with Ben's professional attitude, acute attention to detail, positive and communicative personality, and ability to consider perspectives and approaches outside of the engineering space. On a more personal note, I knew I could always count on him to come prepared with constructive feedback and to suggest alternative approaches when needed to the problems at hand. While I'm sad to see Ben leave, I know whoever he works with next will be lucky to have a such a solid and well-rounded frontend engineer on their team.

Tyler McLeod

UI/UX Designer at Steampunk

They worked with Benjamin on the same team · Loyal Health

July 11, 2022

LinkedIn recommendation

Ben is a highly skilled engineer, communicator, and team member. He demonstrates the ability to examine problems from every angle and come up with the most efficient, optimized experience for the team and the end-user and then execute it beautifully. He worked with our users and mission top-of-mind. I think it'd be impossible to be on a team with Ben and not be proud of what you built, how you worked together, and how you grew!

Heather (Smith) Johnson

Identity & Access at Chick-fil-A

They worked with Benjamin on the same team · Loyal Health

July 6, 2022

LinkedIn recommendation

Ben is an incredibly talented Frontend Engineer. He stays ahead of the curve when it comes to the latest in AI and frontend best practices, and he consistently shares new ideas that streamline the team’s workflow. As a product designer, I especially appreciated the thoughtful solutions he brought to complex problems. He ensured the team was able to move fast without sacrificing quality and anticipated challenges before they arose. One of Ben’s defining qualities is his empathy. He fosters a culture of camaraderie and shared success, making sure every team member feels seen and supported. He balances technical skills with genuine care for the people he works with. Ben is a true team player and an all-around great person. Any company would be lucky to have him on their team, and I’d be glad to work with him again.

Cat Tenorio

Product Designer

They worked with Benjamin on the same team · 15Five

August 4, 2025

LinkedIn recommendation

We highly recommend Ben for website design. Our experience with using his service for both of our websites was seamless, stress-free, and extremely productive! Both sites look amazing. We received many compliments on the layout. Users reported easy quick and access to the information they needed. This helps our business run more efficiently. During the process, Ben listened to our ideas and asked questions about what our business needs so he can design a site which reflects our business vision. He works efficiently and timely. He also responds very quickly to emails so we did not have to stress about waiting for the revisions or answers to our questions. We are appreciative of his work.

Dr. Jennifer Moore, EdD, CCC-SLP

Director of Talk Moore Speech Services

They hired Benjamin for website design · Talk Moore Speech Services

Client recommendation

Ben has been a great asset to our team and he has helped us tackle some very tough projects. His skills and thoughtfulness make big tech challenges much more manageable. In addition to being a reliable team player, he has also introduced new technologies and methodologies to our team that have significantly improved the quality and efficiency of our work.

Andrew Harrison

VP of Technology

They were senior to Benjamin but didn't manage Benjamin directly · Hothouse Inc.

Education

  • Thinkful

    FullStack JavaScript · Online

  • Cedarville University

    Broadcasting and Digital Media: Web Design · Cedarville, OH