software developer · accra, ghana

Benjamin Acheampong

Full-stack engineer building scalable web systems, APIs, and cloud-based tools.

Six-plus years shipping production systems in education and enterprise software — from RESTful APIs and serverless migrations to the interfaces people use every day.

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About

// who's this

I'm a software developer based in Accra, Ghana, with over six years of experience building production-grade systems in the education and enterprise space — full-stack web development, backend APIs, cloud and serverless solutions, and turning real business problems into reliable software.

I enjoy solving complex problems, improving system performance, and working across teams to ship things that actually hold up in production. I'm also a continuous learner — most recently completing an advanced backend cohort focused on real-world engineering practice, performance, and scale.

Currently
Software Developer IT Consortium — building and scaling the Online School Information System (OSIS), used across multiple institutions.

Skills

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Laid out the way I actually work — from what a user touches, down to what keeps it running.

frontend
HTML5CSS3Angular / AngularJSBootstrapAJAX
backend
Node.jsLaravelPHPTypeScriptRESTful APIs
cloud & devops
AWSAWS LambdaDockerCI/CDLinux
data
MySQLPostgreSQLRealtime / CDC
CommunicationCollaborationTime managementProblem-solvingAttention to detailAdaptabilityAgile · Scrum · PRINCE2

Experience

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Software Developer

current
IT Consortium · Accra, Ghana · Feb 2019 – Present
  • Designed and developed features for the Online School Information System (OSIS), turning it into a scalable platform used across multiple institutions.
  • Built and integrated RESTful APIs, including WAEC results verification and Google Workspace for automated student email creation.
  • Migrated legacy PHP services to serverless Node.js on AWS Lambda, improving scalability and cutting infrastructure costs.
  • Offloaded heavy workloads to Lambda-processed queues, notably for bulk student registration.
  • Automated academic workflows like index number generation, reducing onboarding errors and manual effort.
  • Converted business requirements into technical documentation and structured use cases.

IT Support

archived
Ghana Armed Forces — Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Dept · Sep 2016 – Jul 2018
  • Installed and configured hardware and software systems, reducing downtime and improving productivity.
  • Provided technical support and rapid troubleshooting for staff.
  • Collected and analyzed departmental data in Excel to support decision-making.

IT Support (Internship)

archived
Ghana Armed Forces — Directorate of Public Relations · Jun 2016 – Aug 2016
  • Patched and upgraded software systems to improve security.
  • Provided frontline IT support to staff and edited internal/public-facing video content.

Training & Education

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Cohort

Full-Stack Developer Cohort
Freelance Coalition for Developing Countries · Sep–Nov 2025
Instructor: Colin Gray, Principal Developer at Shopify

Covered

  • Architecture, AI-assisted dev, realtime systems
  • Redux / Valtio / Signals, DB design
  • Testing, CI/CD, observability

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science
KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana · 2013–2017

Certifications

  • PRINCE2® Foundation
  • Agile Scrum Foundation
  • Writing Secure Code (PHP Security)

Featured work

// project

Online School Information System (OSIS)

IT Consortium

A large-scale school management platform covering admissions, student records, course registration, results processing, and graduation workflows — in production across multiple institutions.

Monolithic PHP— migrated to →Serverless Node.js / AWS Lambda
  • Admissions
  • Student records
  • Course registration
  • Results processing
  • Graduation workflows
  • WAEC & Google Workspace integrations
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Building reliable systems. Solving real problems.

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