Luis Benavides
Works Council Member at Uber
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolLuis Benavides is a growth-oriented software engineer with nine years at Uber, where he progressed from intern to Software Engineer II and now serves as a Works Council Member while founding a community initiative focused on inclusion. He specializes in Python, Go, and JavaScript, with a Masters in IT (Data Science) and a track record of engineering experiments and algorithms that improved conversion and membership metrics for Uber One and upgraded in-app promotional experiences for Eats. Known for shipping well-tested, readable code, he also mentors peers, leads cross-team projects, and acts as a reliable stakeholder contact across regions. Beyond product impact, he blends data-driven thinking with machine learning and datamining skills to tackle growth challenges, and he’s quietly effective at onboarding engineers and driving diversity efforts.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Information Technology Data Science Data Mining/Machine Learning, Masters of Information Technology Data Science Data Mining/Machine Learning at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
68reputation
3kreached
1answer
3questions
Github Skills (64)
dialog9
conversation9
classification-model9
gpx8
chatbot8
python8
chat8
grinder8
bots8
machine-learning7
chatterbot7
design-patterns7
nlp7
django-middleware6
django-views6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
GitCMDR/OpenSourcePersonality
May 2018 - Jul 2021
Machine Learning meets Neuroscience - OpenSourcePersonality is a NN Classifier project based on the Development of the Open Extended Jungian Type Scales published at OpenPsychometrics.org (released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License)
Contributions:8 commits, 7 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 years 2 months
neurosciencepythonclassifierjupyter-notebookneuroscience-data
GitCMDR/codecademy-projects
Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
Repository that holds projects I do for learning or for fun.
Contributions:3 PRs, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
reactfor-fun
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