Igor Benav

Co-Founder

Newark, Delaware, United States2 yrs 8 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Founded multiple successful tech startups.
  • Expert in building scalable AI-powered solutions.
  • Created popular open-source tools with thousands of users.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused AI and Data Engineering expert.

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Skills

Core Skills

Open-source SoftwareArtificial Intelligence (ai)Large Language Models (llm)Data IntegrationData AnalysisData VisualizationTeachingData StrategyProject Management

Other Skills

Open-Source DevelopmentPythonFastAPIPydanticAIpineconePrompt EngineeringMachine LearningMetaBaseSnowflakeWeb DevelopmentData ScienceMarkdownTechnical DocumentationData WarehousingFivetran

About

I’m an AI and software engineer who loves building scalable, automated solutions that turn raw data into clear, actionable insights. I work mainly in Python (FastAPI, Django, Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, PyTorch, Docker) and use Fivetran, SQL, Snowflake, DBT, and Metabase for analytics and warehousing. Over the years, I’ve built data pipelines ingesting billions of records, orchestrated async workflows with Celery and SQS, and slashed time-to-insight from weeks to minutes. I’m also an open source guy: I created and maintain FastCRUD (120k+ PyPI downloads, nearly 1k GitHub stars), which simplifies FastAPI apps with async SQLAlchemy 2.0. I’ve dived into large language models (LLMs) using tools like Hugging Face Transformers and PydanticAI to build robust, type-safe AI applications (also built an LLM Framework myself). My dashboards and BI reports in Power BI and Metabase have served over 100 daily users, and I’ve handled concurrency, parallel processing, and containerization with Git and CI/CD to keep everything running smoothly. Outside of engineering, I enjoy teaching Python and MVP development, tackling new side projects, playing guitar, and DMing D&D campaigns. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to talk data pipelines, ML solutions, or anything in between.

Experience

2 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
8 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Purple metrics

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2024Oct 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Remote

  • Developed and deployed scalable Django REST APIs (with Postgres, redis, celery) to serve machine learning models.
  • Designed and implemented the data integration pipeline allowing customers to connect their services (analytics, ads, etc.) to our platform where data is ingested, processed by ML models, and returned as predictions.
  • Built this workflow using Python, Fivetran, DBT, and Snowflake, improving accuracy while reducing time to insights from weeks to minutes.
  • Built an LLM‑driven RAG workflow using PydanticAI to extract brand perception from social media comments across various platforms.
Large Language Models (LLM)Machine LearningContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)API DocumentationDjangoArtificial Intelligence (AI)+10

Benav labs

Founder

Aug 2023Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Hybrid

  • Founded and scaled a technology consultancy delivering AI‑powered solutions and high‑performance systems for industry leaders.
  • Built and maintain FastCRUD (200k+ PyPI downloads, 1.2k GitHub stars) and CRUDAdmin (340+ stars, 15k downloads).
  • Created FastAPI Boilerplate (1.3k stars) and ClientAI frameworks used by thousands of developers worldwide.
  • Delivered custom solutions achieving 30‑50% efficiency improvements for enterprise clients through advanced AI integration.
  • Established comprehensive open source ecosystem with 250k+ combined downloads and active community management.
Open-Source SoftwareOpen-Source DevelopmentPythonFastAPIPydanticAIpinecone+3

Cidadania4u (cidadania italiana e portuguesa)

AI Data Engineer

Apr 2023Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Brasília, Federal District, Brazil · Remote

  • Designed and maintained Metabase dashboards to monitor key metrics for operations, product, and sales, used by over 100 active daily users.
  • Set up a Snowflake Data Warehouse, including Data Modeling (DBT, SQL, PySpark), Ingestion (Fivetran, Python), and Orchestration.
  • Architected an async document processing pipeline combining OCR and LLMs with optimized I/O and CPU‑bound task handling.
  • Developed a parallel processing validation framework using Python multiprocessing to efficiently compare extracted data against ground truth.
  • Created a FastAPI API with a Celery and SQS based queue system to handle document processing requests.
Large Language Models (LLM)Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)MetaBaseData IntegrationSnowflake+12

Firstbase

Analytics Engineer

Jun 2022Apr 2023 · 10 mos · New York, United States · Remote

  • Created a data strategy to make the company more data oriented.
  • Strucured and ingested data into a SnowFlake data warehouse using mostly fivetran.
  • Computed tens of KPIs (Growth, Finance, CRM, Recruiting) using Python, SQL and APIs.
  • Integrated multiple data sources (Stripe, Zendesk, Hubspot, Google Analytics, Segment, PostgreSQL) to perform more complex analyses.
  • Created internal retool applications using JavaScript to automate operations. Improved processes runtime from minutes to few seconds.
  • Created Metabase dashboards to track the progress of Growth and Finance OKRs.
Data AnalysisMetaBaseData IntegrationSnowflakePythonData Science+5

Loft

Data Integration and Automation Engineer

Jan 2022Jun 2022 · 5 mos · São Paulo, Brazil · Remote

  • Mapped asset operations processes, identified bottlenecks from data.
  • Built automations and integrations mostly using the Python stack.
  • Created ETL pipelines and analyzed NoSQL and relational data to support decision.
  • making.
  • Designed experiments, built KPIs, tested hypotheses and wrote documentation.
  • Improved a scoring system for Loft’s unsold properties.
Pandas (Software)Data AnalysisData IntegrationPythonPower BIData Science+4

Vtex

Data Analyst

Jun 2021Jan 2022 · 7 mos · Hybrid

  • Worked on the company’s data solicitations from over 100 people and multiple teams.
  • Built reports, KPI dashboards and data visualizations using Power BI and Excel.
  • Managed, cleansed and manipulated data of over 2500 Ecommerces across 32 countries, plus the company’s economics data using Python and SQL.
  • Designed and built the company’s data access policy with over 90% accuracy (GDPR compliant), also helped automating the process.
  • Automated the company’s data flow and integration, ingested data to Redshift.
Pandas (Software)Data AnalysisProject ManagementMicrosoft Power BIPythonMicrosoft Excel+8

Campus mobile

Ambassador / Lead Ambassador

Oct 2020Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos · São Paulo, Brazil · Hybrid

  • Gave talks and workshops on market segmentation, business model, MVP creation, data strategy, validation.
  • Tutored dozens of startups in entrepreneurship, business, experimentation, data strategy, storytelling with data and Pitch Deck.
  • Wrote eBooks (Portuguese) about the Entrepreneurship Process, Prototyping and Experimentation (hypotheses, metrics, OKR, KPI).
  • Spoke on podcasts (Portuguese) about the Cold Start Problem, Project Documentation and Creating Personas.
Project ManagementData ScienceTechnical DocumentationTeaching

Minu

Founder, Product Owner, Data Analyst

Mar 2020May 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Remote

  • Minu was a self-ordering application for easy digitization of restaurants.
  • I structured the startup from scratch, from customer and product to validation.
  • Managed the team and the operations of the company.
  • Led business and product decisions based on data.
  • Designed the Data Pipeline and created the Data Strategy for the company.
  • Worked on a recommender system with collaborative and content-based filtering.
Data AnalysisProject ManagementData StrategyPythonData ScienceTechnical Documentation+2

We search

Founder, Product Owner, Developer

Nov 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • We search was a platform that connected researchers, students and companies.
  • As a founder, I managed the team, taking care of business and product decisions.
  • Also developed the MVP platform and the final product using ReactJS.
  • Got selected to Campus Mobile, Brazil’s largest telecom holding’s entrepreneurship
  • competition and was invited to be an ambassador.
  • Entered a partnership with Brazil’s largest engineering school.
Project ManagementTechnical Documentation

Crer ser

Founder, Project Manager, Developer

Dec 2018Oct 2019 · 10 mos · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

  • Crer Ser was a mobile app that inspired minority people and helped them land their dream jobs.
  • As the project's founder, I worked both as a developer and the team manager while also running the business.
  • As a developer, I used C# and Xamarin Forms to develop the app.
  • As a manager, I handled finance, planning and team management.
  • When the project ended, users were referred to another partner solution that already did what ours set out to do.
Project ManagementTechnical Documentation

Education

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Bachelor's degree — Applied Mathematics

Aug 2021Present

Polytechnic School of UFRJ

Bachelor's degree — Electronics and Computer Engineering

Aug 2018Aug 2021

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