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Benjamín Ortiz C.

Full-Stack Software Engineer

I'm Benjamín waving hand, a full‑stack developer from Viña del Mar flag of Chile. I design and build scalable software for communities video game controller and companies office building.

I started building software on my own at the age of 15, and today I have more than four years of professional experience. I founded FiveLabs, a development agency that currently runs the popular Uruguay Roleplay (opens in a new tab) Uruguay Roleplay community, co-founded Peakly, and worked as an Integration Analyst at Buk (opens in a new tab) .

What I'm comfortable building with

Founder, FiveLabsFeb 2026 – Present

Agency dedicated to creating and managing servers for online gaming communities, currently expanding into servers in other countries.

  • Founded and lead FiveLabs, driving its expansion into servers in other countries in addition to UruguayRP.
  • Manage and develop UruguayRP, a FiveM roleplay server and the most popular Discord server in Uruguay, with 16K+ users on Discord, 18K+ followers on Instagram, 7K+ on TikTok, and millions of views.
  • Apply agentic coding (Claude Code / Cowork) in the development workflow, shortening delivery and maintenance times.

Lua · Node.js · MariaDB · Cloudflare (R2, Tunnels & WebRTC TURN)

More about FiveLabsContext, what I did and the stack
Co-Founder & Software Engineer, Peakly SASep 2023 – Apr 2026

Full-time development and operation of NotPlayers, a SaaS platform for the FiveM ecosystem, with a recurring international customer base. It was discontinued in April 2026 due to changes in Rockstar Games guidelines.

  • Reached 300K USD in annual recurring revenue (ARR).
  • Designed and implemented the full architecture of the SaaS product in Node.js and React, including backend, frontend, customer portal, and back offices.
  • Ran the project autonomously: product development, international technical support in English, and iteration based on customer feedback.

Node.js · Express · WebSockets · React · SQL · Lua

Integration Analyst, BukNov 2024 – Jul 2025

SaaS company for people management and payroll, operating in multiple LATAM countries.

  • Developed custom accounting integrations for enterprise clients, generating accounting files tailored to each company's financial structure.
  • Joined the team migrating historical payslips for large-scale enterprise clients, processing millions of records per client and ensuring validation, consistency, and integrity in critical processes.
  • Designed and structured bank layouts that met the formats required by financial institutions in the region, ensuring accuracy, compatibility, and standards compliance.
  • Implemented bonuses with custom business logic, integrated into the platform's payslip calculation engine.

Ruby on Rails · PostgreSQL · SQL Server · C#

Professional Internship, Black Nexus AIJan 2024 – Apr 2024

Tech startup focused on SaaS solutions for retail.

  • Led the backend team in developing a multi-tenant point-of-sale SaaS system.
  • Designed and implemented REST APIs and data models to support the system's operations.
  • Tackled scalability challenges and designed an architecture adaptable to different business verticals.

Python · Django REST Framework · PostgreSQL

Freelance DeveloperJan 2020 – Dec 2023

Software solutions for clients on the FiveM platform.

  • Designed and implemented backend solutions for systems with many concurrent users and high load.
  • Developed complex business logic and integrations with relational databases.
  • Applied development best practices, achieving performance improvements of up to 50% in systems delivered to clients, measured with profiling tools (resource monitor).

Lua · JavaScript · SQL · HTML · CSS

Associate Degree in Computer Science, UTFSMMar 2023 – Dec 2024

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM), Chile

Coursework focused on software development, database modeling, object-oriented programming, and web development.