Benjamín Ortiz C.
Full-Stack Software Engineer
I'm Benjamín
, a full‑stack developer from Viña del Mar
. I design and build scalable software for communities
and companies
.
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)
community, co-founded Peakly, and worked as an Integration Analyst at Buk (opens in a new tab)
.
Tools
What I'm comfortable building with
Experience
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 stackCo-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
Education
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.
