Derek Benson

Derek Benson is a skilled software engineer with a strong educational background in computer science from Tufts University, where a Bachelor of Science degree was obtained. Professional experience includes roles as a software engineering intern at Rocket Software, where work involved the development of a Virtual Desktop environment utilizing Angular, and at Ab Initio Software, focusing on modernizing web applications with React. Derek has further advanced to positions such as Software Engineer II and Software Engineer at Google, contributing to various projects using Angular, and is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Meta. Previous experience also includes serving as Assistant to the CTO at Cohasset School District and as a Teaching Assistant for a web programming course at Tufts University.