Javier Benavides

About Javier Benavides

I\'m a technology leader with over 19 years of experience driving complex software initiatives from conception through delivery. Equally adept at hands-on coding as strategic vision setting and evangelization.Core Qualifications- Deep expertise across full stack - Java, Node.js, Python, front-end, cloud, databases- Led projects end-to-end from architecture through launch- Played diverse leadership roles - engineering manager, tech lead, scrum master- Passionate about mentoring and unlocking talentLeadership Capabilities- Managed onsite and remote teams of up to 15 engineers- Championed best practices adoption to minimize technical debt- Navigated complex stakeholder landscapes to achieve buy-in- Strong verbal and written communication skillsPassions- Pushing innovation - proofs-of-concept with bleeding-edge technologies- Community building - organizing talks, hackathons, mentoring circles- Enabling others - coaching teammates hands-on and clarifying blockersI welcome opportunities to make a big, enterprise-wide impact through strategic engineering programs that shape how we solve problems for years to come. Let\'s connect if you want to change the world with software!

Experience

1. Sr Lead Software Engineer

   Capital One

   May 2024 — Present · Plano, TX, US

   Working at a technology company that happens to be a bank.

Education

• Duoc UC

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

  2001 — 2005

• Universidad de Chile

  Diploma, Computer engineering

  2010 — 2010

Skills

• Software Development
• Scrum
• Struts
• Application Servers
• Websphere Application Server
• Javascript
• Uml
• Cvs
• Web Services
• Databases
• Maven
• Ejb
• Websphere
• Jms
• Oracle Sql
• Subversion
• Zachman
• Mysql
• Jdbc
• Web Experience Factory
• Sql
• Ajax
• Linux
• Esb
• Hibernate
• Sql Server
• Togaf
• Db2
• Eclipse
• Glassfish
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Pl/Sql
• Software Engineering
• Xml
• Postgresql
• Java
• Junit
• Jsp
• J2ee
• Jquery