# Nick Benevento

> Software Engineer @ Flourish

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nickbenevento

I am a software engineer with a master's degree in Computer Science from GWU, with a prioritization and specialty in backend development. I am interested in artificial intelligence/machine learning, as well as more general data extraction and manipulation as a whole. My academic education, experience working as a full-stack technologist, and time working as a team lead has prepared me to be both flexible and quick when learning new skills that are relevant to my career.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Flourish
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Team Lead @ Black Cape
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Arlington, Virginia, United States
• Lead a team of three engineers developing a highly visible, full-stack geospatial application surrounding data visualization and manipulation for government analysts.
• Interact closely with government customers—virtually and in person—to ensure project features are met, deliverables are reached, and updates are deployed on time.

### Software Engineer / Team Lead @ Black Cape
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Arlington, Virginia, United States
• Lead a team of five engineers managing agile development, task creation, project direction, and group organization as a whole.
• Design and build an ETL data loader tool for analysts, working primarily with Python and Elasticsearch.

### Technologist Intern @ Black Cape
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Arlington, Virginia, United States
• Design and build software for current business projects, working largely with Python in the back-end and React in the front-end.
• Work and communicate with a team to collaborate on large scale projects using Git.
• Work with machine learning forecasting tools (to predict data trends) and NLP (to enhance data extraction).

### IT Technician @ The George Washington University
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Washington DC
• Perform help desk support such as re-imaging machines, wiping hard drives, installing and removing programs, and fixing printers.
• Worked towards creating a virtual UI for students/staff using AWS Sumerian, Lex and Lambda (coding in Python).

### Cashier / Service Clerk @ Hannaford Supermarkets
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Essex, Vermont
• Worked positions including bagger and cashier clerk at the front end of the store.
• Developed customer connections to represent the business, ultimately establishing positive and standing relations.

### Internship @ Revision Military
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Essex, Vermont
• Shadowed various employees in their day-to-day tasks.
• Assisted in coming up with solutions to improve company efficiency, such as reducing clock cycle time in specific parts of the production process.


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
The George Washington University

### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
The George Washington University

### High School Diploma
Essex High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nick-benevento

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Last updated: 2026-04-13