Stefano Benatti
Head Of AI at Toptal
São Paulo, Brazil
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Top SchoolStefano Benatti is a seasoned technology leader and Head of AI with 14+ years building web platforms and AI-driven products, currently based in São Paulo. He has scaled engineering organizations (managing ~100–350 people), launched a generative AI infrastructure that cut launch time and model costs dramatically, and delivered multimillion-dollar operational impact through AI, security, and efficiency initiatives. Comfortable at the intersection of research, product, and delivery, he has led foundational-model improvements, agent pipelines, and large data labeling programs that materially raised model correctness and client ROI. A former founder who shipped high-impact social projects for NGOs and public education, he combines hands-on engineering roots with strategic program and portfolio management. Known for low attrition and strong culture-building, he pairs rigorous metrics and dashboards with empathy to keep teams engaged and accountable. Outside work he’s a proud father and amateur farmer, a detail that reflects his pragmatic, long-term approach to building sustainable systems.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Ciência da Computação (IME-USP)Eletrical Engineering, Eletrical Engineering at Escola Politécnica da USP
Portuguese, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (67)
ruby-client10
calculator9
api9
marketplace9
spree8
currency8
cart8
ruby8
github-codeowners7
rails7
oms7
multi-tenant7
emulation6
ruby-on-rails6
watchman6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
heavenstudio/pag_seguro
Dec 2011 - Aug 2016
A Ruby Client to deal with PagSeguro's API
Contributions:58 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 years 8 months
apidealpagseguroapi-sruby-client
heavenstudio/spree_correios
Mar 2012 - Nov 2016
A spree extensions to add Brazil's Correio calculators
Contributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 years 9 months
calculatorscalculatorcorreioextensionsspree
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