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Benjamin Powell

@benjaminpowell

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I build scalable full-stack platforms, microservices, and reliable mission-critical workflows.

Ghana

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At Purple Wave, I architected a low-latency Elasticsearch and React dashboard for 50K+ records, established zero-downtime CI/CD deployments, and introduced distributed tracing across 12 microservices.

I've also led developers building operational tooling at Kingdom Technologies and co-built the Progpharma Pharmacy App, including prescription verification that reduced fraud by 40%.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Current

Purple Wave

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 9 months)

Implemented features in bi-weekly sprints and architected a dashboard for searching 50K+ records with Elasticsearch, React, and TypeScript. Collaborated on CI/CD pipelines and implemented distributed tracing across microservices.

Elasticsearch React TypeScript GitHub Actions Docker ArgoCD OpenTelemetry Datadog Jest React Testing Library ESLint Jira Confluence

Senior Full-Stack Developer

Kingdom Technologies

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 11 months)

Led a team of developers to build internal tooling and mobile dashboards, and migrated a monolithic backend to Node.js microservices with Docker. Configured and maintained team-owned services including Nginx and SQL migrations.

Node Docker Nginx SQL EC2 Microservices Team Leadership

Full-Stack Developer

Softcodes International Ltd

Jan 2021 - Dec 2023 (2 years 11 months)

Collaborated in Scrum sprints and implemented an automated integration test suite with Jest, increasing code coverage from 41% to 85%. Presented bi-weekly engineering demos to stakeholders.

Jest Scrum Jira Integration Testing Test Coverage Stakeholder Management

Full-Stack Developer

Progpharma Digital Ltd

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021 (11 months)

Co-built the Progpharma Pharmacy App for online medication purchases and information, and developed a prescription verification feature that reduced fraud by 40%.

Prescription Verification