👋 Hi – I’m Benny. I’m a dad and husband based in Brooklyn, NY.

I work as a software engineer focused on building delightful mobile user experiences. I’m currently working at Instagram building creative tools for our creators.

At Instagram, I’ve built the add yours sticker 🤝, tried to take away your like counts ❤️, had some fun with the app icon 🎉, added some GenAI products into Stories, and did a bunch of stuff with emoji 👀.

I was previously at Patreon on the iOS app. I launched the Chats product and the Video product before that. I also gave a talk with my colleagues about how we rebuilt our mobile apps.

I cofounded Timehop — an app that brought together all of your memories in one place in a simple, bite-sized way daily. Over twenty million people have enjoyed using Timehop and inspired all of the "On This Day" features in many of the other apps you use today.

In a previous life: built Gilt City & Exit Strategy NYC.