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Good morning! My name is
Nathan Benavides-Luu.
I build things for the web.

I'm a sophmore studying Applied Mathematics-Computer Science at Brown University and an entrepreneurial full-stack developer with a passion for building accessible and useful tools for education.

Projects

Experience

  • Incoming Software Engineering Intern

    Google

    September 2021 - Present

  • Cloud Platform STEP Intern

    Google

    May 2021 - Aug 2021

    I worked on the Frontend Engineering team and collaborated with the CoreInfra UX team to develop user interfaces for Storage products in Google Cloud Platform (Google Kubernetes Engine, Filestore, and Memorystore). I wrote modular, scalable, and well-tested Typescript code that utilizes the Angular framework to develop complex, data-driven user interfaces. I completed the entire development process for the Memorystore Redis Idle Connections feature, including writing design docs, implementation, bug hunt, and phased release to users.

  • Projects Director

    Full Stack at Brown

    Oct 2020 - Present

    I coordinate 30+ project teams. I serve as a point of contact between the club and clients. I led the development of a React Native social network application for the University of Chicago RISC Innovation Lab. I hosted weekly stand ups and team member 1:1s to facilitate Agile development process, while also serving as the point of contact between the engineering team and the client.

  • Full Stack Web Developer

    Brown Entrepreneurship Program

    Oct 2020 - Present

    I develop various web and mobile tools and resources for the Brown Entrepreneurship Program and the Brown entrepreneurial community at large. My most recent project is Venture@Brown, an interactive guide that gives Brown and RISD a personalized list of entrepreneurial resources on College Hill.

  • Student Worker

    County of San Diego

    May 2019 - Nov 2020

    I helped optimize the paper and electronic document intake process to reduce postage costs, processing turn-around time, and errors in data entry. I also worked with child support participants in both English and Spanish, processed and updated confidential information in California child support database, maintained intranet resources, helped deploy Microsoft Teams, conducted routine computer troubleshooting tasks, and helped manage Microsoft 365 licenses.

Skills

Languages

  • C++
  • CSS
  • GoLang
  • HTML
  • Java
  • Javascript
  • Pyret
  • Python
  • Racket
  • Scala
  • Swift
  • Typescript

Front-End

  • Angular
  • Material UI
  • Next.js
  • React
  • React Native
  • SASS
  • Tailwind CSS
  • jQuery

Back-End

  • Database Architecture
  • Django
  • Express
  • FastAPI
  • Flask
  • GraphQL
  • JWT Authentication
  • MongoDB
  • Node.js
  • OAuth 2.0
  • REST

iOS Development

  • App Store Connect
  • CloudKit
  • Core Data
  • Realm
  • Storyboards
  • Swift UI
  • UI Kit

Dev-Ops

  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS S3
  • Docker
  • Firebase
  • Google Cloud Filestore
  • Google Cloud Functions
  • Google Cloud Memorystore
  • Google Identity Platform
  • Google Kubernetes Engine
  • Heroku

Other Tools and Services

  • Adobe XD
  • Figma
  • Git
  • Illustrator
  • Jupyter Notebook
  • Numpy
  • Pandas
  • Photoshop
  • Premier Pro
  • PySpark
  • Scikit Learn
  • Selenium
  • Statsmodels
  • Wordpress
  • spaCy