# Benjamin Strick > Senior Software Engineer at Collibra Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/benjaminstrick ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Collibra Jan 2022 – Present | Chicago ### Senior Software Engineer @ CarrierDirect Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Greater Chicago Area ### Software Engineer @ CarrierDirect Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Chicago, Illinois I write modern front-end code with ReactJS that is clean, fast, and maintainable. While mainly front-end focused in my research and practice, I also occasionally deliver code to our NodeJS backend services. Beyond just writing code, I am deeply involved in the product and UI/UX/design/accessibility elements for my team's project. This involves working with designers, customer support, and product management to deliver on what our clients truly need. The most rewarding part of this work is drilling down to reveal the key problem areas, then executing on them to give our customers essential tools that are intuitive to use and which save them time by streamlining their workflows. Additionally, I write JS integration tests which run during nightly builds (Testcafe, CircleCI) ### Software Engineer @ Uptake Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Chicago, IL I write configurable, maintainable, and modern front-end code (VueJS, AngularJS, React/Redux, ES6 Javascript patterns, and SASS/SCSS). This involves comprehensive unit testing (Mocha, Sinon), practicing agile methodology, creating robust build systems (Webpack, Gulp), the evangelizing of realistic standards and practices for company-wide development, and pixel-perfect attention to detail when implementing visual mocks provided by designers. ### Front End Developer @ Jammber Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Chicago, IL Developed a hybrid mobile application using Ionic Framework and HTML/CSS/AngularJS. I handled UI design/implementation, API integration, unit testing, and deployment. ### Community Management/Business Development Intern @ Splice Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York, New York Designed and managed a large-scale community project called Crowdsplicing involving over 35 producers from around the world, in which participants used Splice’s cloud-based services to collaborate on a single track. Executed business strategies revolving around product marketing and engaging the music production community to drive growth. Contributed to the development and completion of the Splice Sounds platform using proprietary administration software. ### Artist Services Intern @ Spotify Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | New York, NY Performed administrative duties for artist services, involving artist verification and account linkage. Worked on the Spotify Web Charts Project using AngularJS Framework. ### Database Engineering Intern @ Vice/Complete Control Management Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Brooklyn, NY Conducted research on artists involved with the electronic music channel Thump, a collaboration between Vice and Complete Control. Utilized MySQL Workbench and PHP to independently design and implement a long-term relational database to regularly gather and store social media statistics about relevant artists, blogs, and channels. ### Music Production Intern @ Deetown Entertainment Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | New York, NY Assisted musicians and producers in administrative and production tasks. Learned basic procedures in music licensing for commercials and television for Deetown artists, composers and producers. ### Music Administration Intern @ In2une Music Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | New York, NY Created and organized online spreadsheets to efficiently store company data. Interfaced with music and radio industries, the marketing, promotion and creative departments. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Computer Science Northwestern University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### High School Byram Hills High School Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benjaminstrick --- Source: https://flows.cv/benjaminstrick JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/benjaminstrick/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22