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Benjamin Damm – Software Engineer

Software development with focus on clarity, structure, and long-term maintainability.
Over ten years of experience developing web applications for banks, insurers, the public sector, and industry.

Founder of Treno.Finance, a project for transparent risk assessment in decentralized finance. Development of tools and dashboards for crypto asset analysis.

Maintainer of Railpath - an open source organization dedicated to building financial and technical tools

Open Source:

  • Pixel Grid, a Chrome extension for pixel-perfect grid overlays in web development.

Areas of Work

  • Frontend development and architecture (Angular, React, Tailwind)
  • Design systems and component libraries with focus on accessibility
  • Risk models and indicators for DeFi protocols (Aave, Compound, Morpho)
  • Portfolio analysis tools based on structured catalogs and scoring models
  • Mentoring and team leadership, most recently building a design system for a Swiss online bank

Technologies

Area Stack & Focus
Frontend Angular (2–16), React (Next.js), Tailwind, RxJS, Storybook
Architecture Component libraries, micro frontends, domain-driven design
Backend/API Node.js, Nest.js, GraphQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, OAuth
DevOps/Cloud Docker, Azure, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins
Testing & QA Jest, Karma, Jasmine, Selenium
Data & DeFi The Graph, Messari Subgraphs, DefiLlama, Coingecko, custom crawlers
Other Legacy migrations (AngularJS, PHP/Java), .NET integrations, IoT UIs (MQTT)

Education and Experience

  • Education: Linguistics & International Management (BA), Computer Science (TU Chemnitz, no degree)
  • Projects: Over 25 projects in regulated industries (finance, insurance, telecommunications, industry)
  • Languages: German (native), English (fluent), basic knowledge of Romanian, Russian, Polish
  • Location: Switzerland, active in the DACH region and Europe
  • Further education: Certifications in portfolio management and financial risk

Certificates

Institution Certifications
Ivan on Tech Academy Bitcoin 101Decentralized FinanceEthereumEthereum Smart Contract Programming 101Fintech 101Polkadot 101
Corporate Finance Institute CryptocurrencyData Science FundamentalsIntroduction to FintechIntroduction to InsurTechWealthTech FundamentalsDigital Banking Fundamentals
New York Institute of Finance Credit Risk ManagementIntroduction to Risk ManagementMarket Risk ManagementOperational Risk ManagementSpecialization Risk Management
Université de Genève Meeting Investors GoalsPlanning your clients wealthPortfolio and Risk ManagementSecuring Investment Returns in the Long RunSpecialization Investment ManagementUnderstanding Financial Markets

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