José Benavente is a CTO and seasoned software engineer from Concepción, Chile, with nine years of experience designing and shipping clean, scalable C/C++ systems and desktop applications. He blends hands-on engineering with architectural leadership, having progressed from senior developer to CTO at AUKKO while mentoring students as a university lecturer and teaching at the Chilean Olympiad in Informatics. A long-time open-source maintainer, José contributes to Re-Volt OpenGL and volunteers as a translator/proofreader for Mojang, reflecting a rare mix of game design passion and localization expertise. He also brings strong tooling and process instincts—CI, API and framework design, and Git-centric workflows—that keep projects maintainable and production-ready. Currently pursuing a Master’s in Computer Science, he combines academic rigor with practical delivery across C/C++, Java, Ruby, and Python.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master’s in Computer Science, Computer Science, Master’s in Computer Science, Computer Science at Universidad del Bío Bío
Contributions:49 reviews, 84 PRs, 992 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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José Benavente - Chief Technology Officer at AUKKO