# Benjamin Xia

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/benjaminxia

Frontend engineer with experience working in a VC-backed startup, HR SaaS provider, and tech solutions consultancy. I’ve led teams to develop full-stack projects and MVPs, collaborating with product, API, and customer success teams while managing stakeholder expectations.

## Work Experience
### Frontend Software Engineer @ Affinity.co
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
- Led a cross-functional team of 4 mid-level FE/BE engineers and 1 product manager to display data counts on tabs, reducing disruption in VC associate/partner workflows by reducing unnecessary clicks to high-usage tabs by 30%.
- Partnered with the API team to discuss development strategy on the tab counts project, ensuring team deadlines were pushed forward by 1 month to match expanding requirements in new API endpoints created.
- Created FE and BE work tasks in Jira for the tab counts project, delegating work to ensure project deadlines were met in 2 months.
- Led cross-functional project to migrate customer service live chat providers, allowing the customer success team to migrate their entire platform to Salesforce and save a projected $30k per year by removing redundant software.
- Created and implemented a migration plan while communicating between the Salesforce administration and customer success team, allowing the new integration to be deployed and tested early.
- Collaborated with 2 FE engineers to launch profile search and enhanced entity resolution features in Chrome/Outlook extensions, generating 100% increased extension usage and enabling new workflows outside of the main product.
Developed a suite of keyboard shortcuts for 1k+ power users enabling increased productivity for common actions.
- Spearheaded overhaul of 50+ legacy components into shared components with full test coverage and React Query usage, ensuring long-term scalability and reducing technical debt.
Technologies: TypeScript, HTML, CSS, React, Redux, React Query, Jest, React Testing Library, Storybook, Ruby

### Software Engineer Intern @ The Ronnie K. Irani Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth (I-CCEW)
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Norman, Oklahoma, United States
- Led team of 4 engineers to create a sexual education MVP app (ASD App) targeted toward children with autism, focusing on accessible design and interactive modules while meeting the special needs of children.
- Created an autism-friendly design with muted colors, plain text, and accessible UI, meeting guidelines provided by a local school district autism program coordinator.

### Software Engineer Intern @ Paycom
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Partnered with 4 engineers to develop a company-wide broadcast service using web sockets, allowing notifications and live updates to be sent to internal employees.

### Software Quality Assurance Intern @ NextThought
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Norman, Oklahoma Area
◦ Developed regression tests for new features and bug fixes with Python and Selenium
◦ Monitored automated tests through Jenkins and deployed fixes for failing tests
◦ Provided testing and documentation of bugs found in software through Jira


## Education
### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science
University of Oklahoma
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022

### Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/benjamin-xia

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Last updated: 2026-03-20