Ben Ehrlich
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Profile
Driven, self motivated developer and tinkerer with a passion for finding the creative answer.
Work History
Developer/Sole Proprietor
Benergize ▪ Remote ▪ December 2013 to Present
Independently and collaboratively developed games in a variety of genres in engines including Godot, Game Maker Studio, and custom JavaScript engines for general purpose 2D graphical games and text adventures in the browser. Created arcade and narrative based games, with releases on iOS, Android, Steam, and Itch.io.
Senior Full Stack Software Developer
Digital Artisans ▪ Boston, MA/Remote ▪ January 2020 to July 2024
Full stack development work for a variety of languages, platforms, and use cases. Worked on ecommerce sites on WooCommerce, Shopify, and Magento, developed custom themes and plugins for heavily trafficked WordPress sites, and worked on custom full stack PHP applications including data analysis and manipulation tools for MySQL and MSSQL.
Senior Full Stack Software Developer
SummerTech Inc ▪ Purchase, NY/Weston, MA/Remote ▪ July 2013 to Present
During tenure have been responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining internal CRMs, customer facing portals, as well as WordPress sites for summer and year-round educational programs, and fleet-wide automation software. Designed gamification systems for learning software.
Education
B.A., Interactive Media
Emerson College, 2015-2018
Boston, MA
Skills
Languages/Technologies: JavaScript, GDScript, C#, PHP, MySQL, Node.js, Socket.io, Vue, React, HTML, CSS/SCSS, Python, WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento, JSON and XML
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, Aldis Lamps
Web Services: LAMP, GCP, AWS, Azure
Development Software/Engines: Game Maker Studio, Godot, Unity, Visual Studio/Code, Xcode, Nano
Other Tools: Adobe Creative Suite/XD, Audacity, Zendesk, Clonezilla, Git, Shell, FL Studio
Interests
Improvisational comedy
Music Production
Woodworking