Ben Silverman
Frontend Developer at Performant Software Solutions LLC
Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Silverman is a frontend developer with 11 years of software experience who builds research-informed web applications that leverage modern standards like React, Next.js, GraphQL, and serverless AWS tooling. He combines a strong practical stack—Node/Express, MongoDB, Prisma/Nexus, Ruby on Rails/Postgres—with a background in digital humanities and pedagogy from MIT, making him adept at projects for media, nonprofits, libraries/archives, and academia. His work history spans freelance client sites to research-driven projects at MIT’s Active Archives and tools for accessibility and museum initiatives in Europe, reflecting an ability to translate scholarly requirements into usable interfaces. Currently at Performant Software Solutions LLC, he focuses on seamless integrations with GitHub and deployment platforms such as Vercel while keeping a pragmatic eye toward performance and archival fidelity. Notably, his cross-disciplinary training in music and comparative media informs an attention to user experience and content-rich applications that balance technical rigor with cultural sensitivity.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Master of Science - MS, Comparative Media Studies/Writing at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Arts - BA, Music, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Music at Brown University
Github Skills (107)
digital-humanities10
python10
authentication10
django10
iiif10
jwt10
image-annotation-tool10
openseadragon10
oauth10
react10
nuxt-auth9
gwt9
solidjs9
annotorious9
autocomplete9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
mitaai/AnnotationStudio
Jun 2020 - Jul 2022
Web application for collaborative annotation
Contributions:7 reviews, 776 commits, 88 PRs in 2 years 1 month
annotationsweb-applicationcollaborativeannotationgwt
performant-software/dm-2
Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
Digital Mappa (DM for short) is a freely available online environment for creating projects out of digital images and texts.
Contributions:23 releases, 3 reviews, 446 commits in 1 year
freelytextsdigital-imagesshort
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