Benjamin Bo Low

Overview

I lead web frontends at Willow HQ in Singapore. Cut the main bundle by 50% and got LCP under 2.3 seconds. Shipped 11 launches on the web team without a rollback. Most at home with TypeScript and GraphQL. I read too many books about cities.

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Experience

1. VP of Engineering

   May 2026 - Present
   Willow HQ · 5 mo · Full-time · Singapore
   • Shipped 9 launches on the web team without a rollback.
   • Built the experimentation framework 6 product teams use to ship changes safely.
   • Led the move of 127 screens to a shared React component library.
2. Senior Frontend Engineer

   Apr 2023 - May 2026
   HSBC · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Singapore
   • Mentored 7 engineers through their first promotion.
3. Principal Engineer

   Dec 2019 - Apr 2023
   REA Group · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Singapore
   • Sit on 2 boards.
4. Principal Engineer

   Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
   Boston Consulting Group · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Singapore
   • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
   • Led or co-led 14 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
5. Frontend Engineer

   Jun 2015 - Jan 2018
   Canva · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Singapore
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 42 minutes to under 6.
   • Cut p99 latency on the web services from 418ms to 71ms.

Projects

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Education

1. University of Indonesia

   BSc, Electronics and Communication
   1997 - 2001