# Benjamin Blay

Benjamin Blay is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior Software Engineer at Ultra Apps, based in Ghana.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@benjaminblay

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Senior Software Engineer at Ultra Apps building mobile apps and games with in-app purchases and ad monetization.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Ghana |
| Authorized to work in | Ghana |
| Salary expectations | 60k+ USD |
| Job categories | Software Engineer, Mobile Application Developer, Front End Developer, Mobile and Web Developer |
| Skills | Mobile Application Developer, Web Application Development, Cross Platform Development, Hybrid Mobile Development, Progressive Web Apps, In App Purchases, Google Play Billing, Admob, App Store Optimization, Mobile Game Development, Angular, Ionic, Apache Cordova, Capacitor |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/benjamin-blay-129316a2 |

## About

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At Ultra Apps, I lead end-to-end development of mobile applications and casual games, including Money Companion, PayNest (Money Plus), Flash Recall, Word Play, and Drop & Dodge. I implemented Google Play Billing and App Store In-App Purchases alongside AdMob monetization.

At LoveSeat, I architected and built an iOS and Android warehouse management app, optimizing real-time inventory tracking, barcode scanning, and logistics data synchronization. At 4Earth / Ads4Earth s, I developed cross-platform apps and progressive web applications, as well as an administrative portal.

My work has also included the nationwide Ghana Water Customer App and its management portal at theSoftTribe, public education apps and a management portal for the National Cyber Security Centre, Ghana, and educational platforms at iDidev. I also founded and taught AppCamp, training students in mobile app engineering.
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## Experience

### Senior Software Engineer (current)

Ultra Apps. Jul 2023 - Present

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Lead end-to-end development of flagship mobile applications and casual games using Ionic, Angular, Cordova, and Node.js. Implemented Google Play Billing and App Store In-App Purchases alongside multi-network ad mediation for mobile monetization.
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Skills: Ionic, Angular, Cordova, NodeJS, Google-Play-Billing, In-App-Purchases, Admob

### Mobile App Developer

LoveSeat. Dec 2021 - Jun 2023

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Architected and built an enterprise mobile warehouse management application for iOS and Android via Turing contract. Optimized real-time inventory tracking, barcode scan workflows, and internal logistics data synchronization across US distribution centers.
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Skills: iOS, Android, inventory-tracking, Bar-Code-Scanning, Data-Synchronization

### Senior Software Engineer (Front-End)

MineX 360 Services. Nov 2018 - Dec 2021

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Built the 'Connected Community' extension module using React Native and Angular as a core extension to SmartsApp Admin Portal. Worked with the front-end team for the development of the SmartsApp Admin Portal, mainly on payments and academic reporting systems.
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Skills: React-Native, Angular, Frontend-Development, Payments, Academic-Activity-Reporting

### Front End Developer

4Earth / Ads4Earth. Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

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Engineered cross-platform mobile apps and Progressive Web Applications for the 4Earth sustainability platform. Built an administrative portal to manage mobile platform operations, user analytics, and platform content.
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Skills: Mobile-Development, PWA, Angular, Analytics

### Consultant (Web & Mobile)

National Cyber Security Centre, Ghana. Aug 2018 - Sep 2019

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Developed nationwide public education mobile apps (iOS & Android) and an Angular/PHP management web portal.
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Skills: iOS, Android, Angular, PHP, Web-Development

### Web & Mobile Application Developer

theSoftTribe. May 2017 - Oct 2018

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Architected the Angular management web portal for the nationwide Ghana Water Customer App, incorporating multi-channel payment gateway integrations for utility collection. Led a team of 3 developers in building personal and property security web/mobile solutions.
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Skills: Angular, Payment-Gateway-Integration, Team-Leadership, Web-Development, Mobile-Development

### Mobile Apps Developer

iDidev. Jan 2014 - May 2017

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Built educational platforms including SpeedApp Integrated Science (Android) and offline POS web applications.
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Skills: Android, Educational-Apps, POS, Web-Development

## Education

### NIIT Ghana

Higher National Diploma, Network Engineering

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Pursued a Higher National Diploma in Network Engineering, covering A+, Database Admin, Networking, and Windows Server.
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## Tech stack

- React Native
- Ionic
- Apache Cordova
- Sass
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- SQLite
- Sentry
- Node.js
- Laravel
- Android Studio
- Xcode
- JavaScript
- HTML5
- PHP
- iOS
- TypeScript
- Capacitor
- Android
- REST APIs

To contact Benjamin, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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