# Ben Fernando

> Software Engineer @ Lynx

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/benfernando

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Lynx
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, United States
Designed, implemented and owned a full-stack E-commerce platform from ground up
Lead tech work on member portal to track and manage healthcare services with an integrated solution for offices to charge member healthcare spending accounts   
Delivered end-to-end feature ownership in fast-paced startup environment, from requirements gathering through deployment and monitoring

### Software Engineer @ Lynx
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Promoted to Senior Software Engineer within 18 months based on technical leadership and business impact
Engineered a unified React frontend serving both B2B clients and B2C members, allowing seamless interaction across the full lifecycle of a member’s healthcare experience
Architected optimized SQL database schema and queries, contributing to a secure and performant backend system
Integrated multiple third-party APIs including TrustCommerce for payment processing and Avalara for automated sales tax calculation, enabling a simple checkout experience across multiple states

### Software Engineer Intern @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Menlo Park, California, United States
Implemented a tool to automatically test developer changes in Python to ensure code quality
Created features including a tool which generates a temporary database to log testing results as well as a mechanism to automatically run a canary over landed packages
Visualized results of testing in a frontend user interface with MySQL
Designed and implemented a library to incorporate further post-build testing into the tool


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Dartmouth College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ben-fernando-8b156918b

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Last updated: 2026-03-28