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Benjamin Dong

@benjamindong2

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Senior software engineer building AI-driven full-stack products with React/Next.js and scalable backend systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for an AI-driven product role where I can ship full-stack features end to end, optimize performance and UX, and mentor teammates—challenging the status quo in a startup-speed environment.

I’m an AI-focused full stack engineer with 8+ years across enterprise and startup environments, where I turn ambitious ideas into shipped products. I’ve built AI-driven product features—especially AI-generated media experiences and AI-powered character creation—while keeping user experience and performance at the center of every iteration.

At Palantir Technologies, I redesigned social networking web and mobile experiences to increase user engagement and app retention by 35%. I partnered with UI/UX teams to deliver accessible designs using Next.js and related tooling, cutting front-end development time by 20%, and I implemented secure auth flows (JWT and Supabase Auth) including social federation with providers like Google, Facebook, and Amazon.

I also thrive in greenfield and rapid-evolution settings: at Bookbeam, I helped develop AI-powered video/image generation, editing, and enhancement applications leveraging NLP and LLMs. Earlier, at FishAngler, I migrated a PHP app to React/Preact, improving performance by 170%, and optimized large-scale UI performance across 7 applications—always pushing for a “unique story” in my developer diary.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

Palantir Technologies

Apr 2023 - Mar 2026 (2 years 11 months)

Redesigned social networking web and mobile interfaces, increasing user engagement and app retention by 35% and launching an AI Explore page that improved SEO rankings by 40%. Partnered with UI/UX to build accessible Next.js/TypeScript features and implemented JWT and social federation authentication.

Next.js React TypeScript Prisma Tanstack Query JWT React Native

Software Engineer

Bookbeam

Sep 2020 - Feb 2023 (2 years 5 months)

Built AI-powered video/image generation, editing, and chatbot experiences using NLP and LLM-driven research. Developed RESTful APIs (Python/Node.js) and migrated the AI platform to TypeScript functional React with GraphQL and Redux-Saga, improving performance and reusability by 25% while orchestrating AWS/GCP infrastructure.

Python REST APIs TypeScript React Hooks GraphQL Redux Saga AWS GCP NLP LLM

Software Developer

FishAngler

Oct 2017 - Jul 2020 (2 years 9 months)

Migrated a fishing map web app from PHP to React/Preact, improving performance by 170%, and built an MVP from Figma using React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Storybook. Developed REST APIs for 7,000+ property listings with Node.js/Fastify and optimized 45+ pages using React memoization and lazy loading.