Julio Canares
Alchemist at Lumos
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJulio Canares is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building product-led startups and developer-focused tooling from San Francisco. As Co-founder & CTO of Riqra and current Alchemist at Lumos, he blends hands-on engineering with product leadership, shipping e-commerce B2B platforms for Latam suppliers and productivity tooling backed by top investors. He founded multiple companies—Hackerdudes and Skillify—where he led teams, developed curriculum-driven learning for junior developers, and introduced a feature-based pedagogy to bridge bootcamp experience with real-world projects. An advisor to early-stage ventures, Julio combines startup grit with a knack for translating customer needs into scalable technical solutions and a persistent focus on developer experience. Notably, his background spans mobile and backend engineering, giving him full-stack fluency that informs both technical decisions and team mentorship.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
English for Business - San Francisco, CA, English for Business - San Francisco, CA at EF International Language CampusesEntrepreneurship Program - San Mateo, CA, Entrepreneurship Program - San Mateo, CA at Draper University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
31reputation
16kreached
1answer
2questions
Github Skills (200)
jsonb10
ui-components10
testing10
nodejs-server10
ecosystem10
browser10
firefox10
api10
d110
json10
oracle-db10
nodejs10
oracle10
orm10
expressjs10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
zanna-co/zanna
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:136 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
juliocanares/node-mvc
Oct 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:136 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
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