Elias Ba
Senior Software Engineer at Open Function (OpenFn)
Dakar, Dakar Region, Senegal
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Top SchoolElias Ba is a senior software engineer with a decade of experience building resilient, production-grade data integration and workflow automation systems at the intersection of open source, AI, and digital public goods. At OpenFn he leads development of Lightning, an open-source platform used by governments and NGOs to connect health systems, CRMs, and national reporting infrastructure, and has integrated LLM-assisted tooling to simplify real-world operational workflows. His background spans distributed systems, ML-driven products, and applied data engineering across healthcare, aviation, and development sectors, with hands-on expertise in Elixir/Phoenix, PostgreSQL, and ML pipelines. A founder of GalsenAI, Elias also invests in community building and mentorship in Senegal, pairing technical stewardship with attention to socio-technical consequences of technology. He favors clarity and tools that "disappear into the workflow," prioritizing systems that are understandable, usable, and durable in low-resource environments.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Ingénierie logicielle, Master of Engineering - MEng, Ingénierie logicielle at Université Assane Seck De ZiguinchorMaster of Engineering - MEng, Business Intelligence, Master of Engineering - MEng, Business Intelligence at Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD)
elixir, python, typescript
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (57)
lightning10
interoperability10
elixir10
dpi10
building-blocks10
workflow-automation10
phoenix-framework10
health9
automation9
connectors9
medical8
logger8
tookit7
ehealth7
cli6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
eliaswalyba/books
Jun 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
eliaswalyba/walabok
May 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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