# Carmen Benitez

> Software Engineer at Stripe

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/carmenbenitez

As a Computer Science/Math major at Harvey Mudd College, I am interested in learning more about the Technology industry. I have lived all around the world, from Sydney, Australia or Manila, Philippines, to New York City and am passionate about working in expanding global companies. 
I am enthusiastic about software engineering and have a particular interest in full stack development.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer II @ Stripe
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States

### Forward Deployed Engineer(Tech Lead) @ Palantir Technologies
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States

### Head Tour Guide @ Harvey Mudd College
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Claremont, California, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ Bloomberg LP
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | New York, United States
Developed an NLP assistant for one of the most popular fixed income functions at Bloomberg which substantially reduces the setup time for the function and allows users to more quickly perform their analyses.

### Application Mentor @ Crimson Education
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021
Mentor 12th grade students through the college application process, from brainstorming through editing college application essays. Train and prepare students for college interviews, including giving mock interviews.

### STEP Intern @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New York, United States
Created open source Google Search Sentiment Mapping web application using Javascript and Bootstrap for the front end and NodeJS for the backend

### Software Engineer Intern @ Tradeweb
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | New York City Metropolitan Area
Created functional internal real time web application that continues to be used by developers at the company

### Software Engineer Intern @ Olelo
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Manila
Worked on front end bug fixing, in ReactJS, learned about the tech startup industry with 15 person team.

### Private Tutor @ Private Employer
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
Tutored high school students in Mathematics up to Calculus.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Mathematics and Computer Science
Harvey Mudd College
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022

### Stuyvesant High School
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carmen-benitez-0b409a171
- GitHub: https://github.com/carmenBen

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Last updated: 2026-03-23