Hello
I'm Ignacio Benavides, a Software Engineer living in Seattle.
I love creating useful products people want to use. I do it using mostly Objective-C, C++, Javascript, Swift and PHP. Currently I work at Facebook.
Experience
2019 - Currently
Software Engineer at the biggest social network in the world. We give people the power to build
community and bring the world closer together.
2013 - 2019
Former cofounder
and CTO for a CRM cloud based application, designed specifically for Latina America’s
small businesses.
2014 - 2019
Cofounder and CTO for a web chat for businesses. Started as an experiment;
we’re currently using it on production.
2013 - 2015
Founder and mobile developer at my side non-profit project along with my
brother. It was an iOS app that can mesure the quality of public transportation.
2009 - 2012
Cofounder at a digital agency. We made a lot of things for clients such as design,
web apps and iOS apps, including the first (probably) iPad App in México.
Freelance
2008 - 2009
Part-time development, linux admin and security consultant; I did this as a way of earn
something while going to college.
2006 - 2008
My first «programming job» as web developer for a small Web Design Agency.
I learned Linux around here. Also, this is when we fought the holy war against Internet
Explorer.