Ben H
Software Engineer (iOS) at River Financial
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen H is a Senior iOS Software Engineer based in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area with nine years of experience bridging product-focused mobile development and institutional real estate operations. He transitioned from founding a real assets consultancy and scaling a $5B real estate fund to shipping consumer and financial iOS features at River Financial, bringing uncommon domain knowledge in fintech and asset management to app design. His work includes improving UX and wallet integrations for popular open-source nostr client Damus, demonstrating a practical streak for shipping polished mobile experiences and fixing edge-case bugs. Trained in software engineering through Lambda School and grounded in finance from UW–Madison, he combines analytical rigor with hands-on Swift development. Ben’s background in fundraising, valuation, and data visualization gives him a unique perspective on product metrics and user trust for financial applications. Colleagues describe him as an engineer who pairs pragmatic shipping velocity with an attention to detail born from managing large institutional portfolios.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Finance, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics, Bachelor's degree, Finance, Real Estate & Urban Land Economics at University of Wisconsin-MadisonSoftware Engineering, iOS Development & Computer Science, Software Engineering, iOS Development & Computer Science at Lambda School
Github Skills (11)
swift10
wallet10
user-interface10
ios10
walletconnect10
lightning-network9
bitcoins9
bitcoin9
nostr9
configuration-management8
ui-design8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
damus-io/damus
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
iOS nostr client
Role in this project:
iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 5 PRs in 4 days
Contributions summary:Ben primarily focused on enhancing the user experience and functionality of the iOS application. Their work involved improvements to the wallet selector, including adding support for new wallets such as Blixt Wallet and River, and fixing a bug related to default wallet selection. The user also made adjustments to the configuration view, adding a toggle for the wallet selector.
nostrswiftiosbitcoinlightning-network
bhakes/bhakes.github.io
Jan 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:139 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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