Ben Brunyee: Look closer.

From IBM to independent.

1. 2018 — Now

   Principal Studio Engineer

   Brunyee Software Studio - Bournemouth, England, UK · Full-time

   I lead engineering for founders, SMEs and marketing agencies, designing, building and launching web apps, internal tools and experiential campaigns. I own each project from discovery to production, writing the code and setting the technical direction.

   • SvelteKit
   • React
   • NextJS
   • Typescript
   • Node.js
   • Python
   • Supabase
   • PostgreSQL
   • AWS
   • GCP
   • AI
   • GitHub
   • Vercel
   • Go
   • Firebase

2. 2024 — Now

   Co-founder & Technical Lead

   TynkerAI - Athens, Greece · Full-time

   Co-founded a startup that lets experiential agencies build AI-driven interactive experiences. Agencies across Greece use the platform for activations for Royal Canin, Cosmote, Novartis, Eurobank, Growthfund, Satori and What's Up. As technical lead, I took the product from first architecture to full implementation, led the engineering team and hit our delivery milestones.

   • SvelteKit
   • Firebase
   • Typescript
   • Node.js
   • AI

3. 2019 — 2023

   Co-founder

   Webspred - Bournemouth, England, UK · Full-time

   As co-founder, I run every client engagement myself, from onboarding to delivery. I design and build custom cloud tools, including full-stack apps, utility software, project management platforms and business process systems. We also offer digital marketing that helps clients cut costs and reach new markets.

   • JavaScript
   • TypeScript
   • React
   • Node.js
   • Python
   • Django
   • Flask

4. 2019 — 2024

   DevOps Engineer - Infrastructure Automation

   IBM - Winchester, England, UK · Full-time

   Co-led the integration of Ansible into existing workflows, provisioning and configuring both static and cloud-based VMs to cut configuration time by over 90% and significantly reduce operational expenses. Maintained an internal testing platform with Express.js and a custom UI, handling over 200,000 monthly unit, integration, and system tests. Developed specialized Ansible modules and internal automation tools to maintain consistent machine configurations, streamline updates, and ensure environments matched evolving test requirements.

   • Ansible
   • Python
   • Node.js
   • Jenkins
   • Express.js
   • MongoDB
   • Perl
   • Bash
   • Linux
   • GitHub

5. 2019 — 2019

   Software Engineer

   IBM - Winchester, England, UK · Full-time

   Developed industry-standard MQ samples, using Java, for the use of existing and new users of IBM MQ. My work was later published as a requirement for the globally recognised IBM MQ Developer Essentials certification.

   • Java SE 8
   • IBM MQ
   • GitHub

6. 2019 — 2019

   DevOps Engineer

   IBM - Winchester, England, UK · Full-time

   Supplied various toil automation capabilities for the infrastructure squad via bash scripting, IBM UCD, Ansible playbooks, and internal test submission site improvements. Directed a project that facilitated the transition of teams from legacy systems to a modernised solution, thereby enhancing the feature set and directly supporting SLOs (Service Level Objectives).

   • Ansible
   • Python
   • Node.js
   • Jenkins
   • Express.js
   • MongoDB
   • Perl
   • Bash
   • Linux
   • GitHub

7. 2018 — 2019

   Build Infrastructure Engineer

   IBM - Winchester, England, UK · Full-time

   Kept IBM MQ's build systems reliable with automated health checks and monitoring that caught issues and got them fixed before they reached production.

   • Perl
   • Powershell
   • Bash
   • Linux
   • GitHub

All projects.

• 01 Heineken x Nokia - The Boring Phone A self-hosted Python app on Raspberry Pi with an IR motion sensor that spots a cheers and fires a prize draw on a life-size Nokia. Two units toured 48 bars across Greece over one summer.
• 02 WhatsUp - AI Demo Tape A touchscreen booth that turns a few answers into a personalised AI song with the visitor's motto sung in Greek, delivered by QR code on a physical cassette. Built in five days and toured 28 festival dates across Greece in one summer.
• 03 Royal Canin | FECAVA A tablet-friendly AI image app for Royal Canin at FECAVA. Vets created personalised images and printed them on the stand as take-home gifts, and the stand stayed busy for the whole event.
• 04 Grant Thornton - Future Unfold Two linked apps for Grant Thornton's Future Unfold, an executive event attended by C-suite leaders from around the world. Guests registered and received a branded AI portrait, and a second app put curated portraits up on a transparent display wall as they came in. Admin tools covered data export, bulk image management and curation, and I supported on site throughout.
• 05 Cosmote | T-Mobile - Marathon Athens An AI experience that turned marathon runners' answers into personalised, Athens-inspired artwork, printed onto branded gifts. The core build was tested in advance and the branded front end shipped within a day of creative approval, with automated emails and data capture. It ran for three days without a failure.
• 06 What's Up - Interactive Wall Two portable interactive walls touring Greek universities, pairing a large touchscreen with tablets for registration and overflow play. The branded match-em-up game handled hundreds of players a day without losing a single entry.
• 07 Hellas Gold - Interactive Wall Two quiz and information apps for Hellas Gold's event stand, plus support for a VR booth rollout. Everything ran smoothly from open to close.
• 08 Piraeus Bank - Snapchat Filter Co-created a Snapchat AR filter for Piraeus Bank's "That Yellow Feeling" campaign, launching the Yellow Rewards loyalty programme. Real-time face tracking put the brand's yellow on a younger, mobile-first audience and into their stories.
• 09 What's Up Concert An AI game for the What's Up concert, built in SvelteKit. Fans answered personality questions, got their own AI figurine and had it printed on the spot on t-shirts, tote bags or posters. The queue outgrew its allocated space.
• 10 Tynker AI - Founder A SaaS platform I founded, with a built-in editor for making responsive, AI-powered games that brands use at events and in customer interactions. Built with SvelteKit, Firebase and Tailwind CSS.
• 11 TeeAI - Founder 5.14K - Monthly viewers An AI tool that turns a prompt into a custom t-shirt design in seconds. Built with SvelteKit, Firebase and Tailwind CSS.
• 12 Webspred - Founder £900K - Ad spend Designed, built and maintained the Webspred site on WordPress. It ranked for our key search terms and brought clients in organically.
• 13 DeFi Starter Kit - Owner Designed, built and maintained the DeFi Starter Kit, a toolkit for analysing SPL tokens on Solana. Built with SvelteKit, Supabase and Vercel.
• 14 Mass Foam Systems 2.74K - Monthly viewers Designed, built and maintained the website for the South West's leading spray foam insulation company. Targeted SEO on the keywords that convert tripled organic traffic in two months.
• 15 Kansei - Owner A Solana analytics platform that flags early, coordinated buying on new tokens, the kind of pattern that points to insider activity. Built with SvelteKit, Supabase and Tailwind CSS.
• 16 Phone repair booker - Owner My first web project: a booking system for the phone repair side hustle I ran at school. Built with React, Firebase and SCSS. Can't forget where you started!