Julio Benavente
Software engineer
I ship production products with React and Next.js, think beyond the deadline, and speak up early when a decision will cost us later. Always learning, and happiest when the whole team gets stronger.
Experience
Software Engineer · Fusion 360
2024 – Present
Leading frontend for a marketing platform in TypeScript, Next.js and Tailwind CSS: the UI system, the API integrations with Redux, and the features that move the marketing funnel.
Software Engineer · Square Agency
2023 – 2024
Responsive websites and landing pages in Next.js and Tailwind CSS, built from Figma designs and tuned for performance and SEO.
Full Stack Software Engineer · Solera
2022 – 2023
Secure registration APIs in Laravel and Oracle SQL, including face and ID verification, plus a reusable React and Redux UI toolkit documented in Storybook.
Junior Software Engineer · GCC Networking
2021 – 2022
Client dashboards in React, Node.js and MongoDB, designed in Figma, that gave clients self-service access to their data and cut support requests.
Skills
- Frontend
- React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Redux, RTK Query, HTML, CSS, Tailwind CSS, Material UI, Styled Components, CMS, WordPress
- Backend
- Node.js (Express.js), Laravel (PHP), MongoDB, SQL (MySQL, Oracle)
- AI
- Python, LLM APIs, agents and tool use, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT
- Other
- Git, Docker
Education
B.S. in Computer Science
Western Governors University
Completed 2026
M.S. in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Western Governors University
Expected 2027