Custom software development
Applications, APIs, and backend systems built around the way your organization works.
Backend architecture / Python / FastAPISoftware engineer & technology consultant
Benjamin Fraley
Software & technology consulting for churches and ministries.
I’m an experienced software engineer specializing in backend development, system integration, automation, and AI-driven development. I help churches, ministries, and other organizations work smarter and focus on what matters most.
01 A little about me
I’m Benjamin Fraley—Ben for short. I enjoy untangling complex problems and making technology more useful to the people who depend on it.
Over more than 20 years in software engineering, I’ve worked across backend architecture, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and technical leadership. That experience includes serving as a Principal Software Engineer at AT&T and my current role as a Senior Backend Developer at Unified.me.
Today, my work brings together Python, FastAPI, Temporal, API integrations, and AI-driven development. I care about clear thinking, maintainable systems, and solutions that make sense for the people using them.
02 What I do
Custom software, integrations, automation, data, and AI solutions for churches and ministries. Other organizations and businesses are welcome too.
Applications, APIs, and backend systems built around the way your organization works.
Backend architecture / Python / FastAPIConnect disconnected systems, automate data movement, and make your information more useful.
APIs / Data engineering / BigQueryTurn repetitive processes into reliable workflows that give your team room to focus.
Temporal / Orchestration / AutomationFind practical ways to use AI and emerging tools to improve productivity and solve real problems.
AI-assisted development / Practical adoptionWork through a technical challenge, improve an existing system, or find a sensible path forward.
System design / Technical strategy / Leadership03 Professional experience
A few chapters from more than two decades of solving technical problems.
Senior Backend Developer
Modern backend development with Python, FastAPI, and Temporal. Developing an Events platform and distributed workflows, modernizing existing processes, and optimizing automated testing to improve engineering efficiency.
Principal Software Engineer
Cloud security automation, microservices, API development, and infrastructure. Bringing technical leadership and a practical approach to complex engineering challenges.
04 Featured work · Church technology
CHURCH TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICE
Data integration & automation
Churches depend on a growing collection of tools. Connecting those tools can make organizational information easier to access and use.
For a church and ministry organization, my work involved integrating external APIs, building automated data extraction and transformation processes, and loading information into Google BigQuery. Google Apps Script provided scheduled automation.
The focus: a practical connection between systems and organizational data, with less dependence on manual data movement.
Talk about your church’s technologyA CONNECTED DATA WORKFLOW
Bring information together
Prepare consistent, useful data
Make information accessible
Scheduled with Google Apps Script
05 Let’s work together
Whether you’re a church looking to connect systems, automate processes, or build something new, or an organization facing a complex software challenge, I’d love to hear what you’re working on.
Available for remote projects and local work in Northwest Indiana.
Good conversations start with a problem
worth solving.