
Benjamin Wren
Senior .NET Developer | REST APIs | SQL Server | Business Systems Development
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Senior .NET Developer with 16+ years of commercial experience designing and building business-critical software, APIs and database-driven applications. Strong background in C#, .NET, SQL Server and system integrations, delivering scalable solutions across ecommerce, ERP and operational platforms. Experienced working across the full software lifecycle including architecture, development, deployment, stakeholder collaboration and production support.
Experience
Director / Senior Software Developer at Two Wrens Ltd (2016-05 – Present)
- Architected and developed a bespoke ERP-style ecommerce and operational platform built on nopCommerce supporting a fulfilment business with annual turnover exceeding £38 million.
- Designed and developed company-wide systems supporting customer services, practitioner management, warehouse operations, dispatch, reporting and supplier management workflows.
- Developed automated stock ordering and purchase order workflows based on stock levels, supplier rules and sales history.
- Built a full supplier portal with product onboarding, administrative review workflows, scheduled price increases, alerts and supplier reporting functionality.
- Integrated dispatch and fulfilment processes with major courier APIs to streamline warehouse and shipping operations.
- Led migration and consolidation of multiple legacy ecommerce systems into unified multi-store platforms including large-scale data cleansing and synchronisation processes.
- Developed supporting utility applications using.NET Core and cross-platform applications using.NET MAUI.
- Managed the full software lifecycle including architecture, database design, frontend/backend development, deployment management and production support. Leveraged AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate prototyping, automation and solution delivery while maintaining full architectural oversight and production-quality standards.
- Worked within Agile development cycles using Jira, delivering enhancements and operational improvements through planned sprint-based releases.
Software Developer at FunAsset (2012-11 – 2016-05)
- Developed Windows applications and multi-threaded Windows services using C#.
- Developed new frontend and administrative functionality for ASP.NET web applications.
- Worked on SQL database development, optimisation and maintenance.
- Developed and integrated APIs for hybrid mail and operational systems.
- Maintained and enhanced business-critical production systems.
Education
Technical Course – Bristol Old Vic Theatre School A Levels – East Devon College
GCSEs in Maths and English – Tiverton High School



