Jose Benítez is a Senior Principal Data Engineer based in Madrid with 14 years of experience building backend and data platforms across fast-growing tech companies. He has progressed through technical leadership roles at Cabify since 2017, evolving from Senior Data Engineer to Principal and now Senior Principal, driving data architecture and scalable pipelines for mobility services. Comfortable across the full stack, he blends software engineering rigor with a deep focus on data engineering, agile practices and operational reliability. His background includes leading DSP and senior engineering teams at TAPTAP Digital and delivering production systems at Jobandtalent, showing a consistent pattern of shipping customer-facing, data-driven features. Jose pairs formal training in computer science with hands-on experience dating back to early web development, which gives him a pragmatic appreciation for legacy integration and incremental improvements. Colleagues would describe him as a steady technical leader who prefers solving hard systems problems over flashy one-off solutions.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Technical Engineer, Computer Science, Technical Engineer, Computer Science at Universidad de Alcalá
Superior technician, Applications development, Superior technician, Applications development at IES Palomeras-Vallecas
Contributions:5 commits, 1 push in 2 years 5 months
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