Summary
David Benavidez is a Senior Software Engineer based in Metro Manila with nine years of experience building cloud-native systems across FinTech, TelCom, and AdTech. He specializes in Golang microservices, scalable CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Buildkite, ArgoCD), and secure architectures including zero-trust and mTLS/OAuth2 implementations. David has driven platform improvements from ClickHouse-backed adtech pipelines to user-focused microfrontends and cloud migration tooling, and he’s delivered measurable product impact such as faster support resolution and higher customer acquisition. Comfortable across GCP, AWS, and Kubernetes, he pairs pragmatic automation (Helm releases, integration tests) with strong API-first design and developer ergonomics like auto-generated SDKs and mocks. A practical problem-solver, he also brings experience integrating data tooling (dbt, dagster) into testing workflows—helping teams ship reliable, data-aware services.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of the Philippines Los Baños