Software Engineer

Carlos Knopel

I’m a software engineer with over a decade of experience building web and mobile products, with a strong focus on frontend engineering.

I’ve worked across fintech, healthcare, education and transportation, as well as within international SaaS product teams.

More recently, I’ve been exploring practical applications of AI in software development and product workflows.

Based in Valdivia, Chile. Working with distributed teams.

Building software since 2012
Frontend · Web & mobile
Cursor Ambassador · Chile

Explore my work

01 / currently

Currently

Building frontend experiences for fintech products in the US market.
Working on web product development.
Exploring coding agents, context systems and AI-assisted development workflows.
Helping organize Cursor Chile meetups and community events.

Active

Currently exploring better ways to build software with AI.

02 / work

Work

A simple view of where I focus, and the tools I use most in day-to-day product work.

Focus

Frontend engineering
Interfaces, architecture and product UI
Fintech & SaaS
Web products for international teams
AI-assisted development
Coding agents and practical workflows

Stack

Daily

Next.js
TypeScript
React
Tailwind CSS

Also

React Native
Expo
Node.js

Claude
Cursor
Codex
Hermes
AWS Bedrock
LiteLLM
and more…

03 / experience

Experience

Selected roles and product environments that have shaped how I work as a software engineer.

2022 — Present

Trio

Software Engineer

Frontend engineering · Web & mobile

Building web and mobile experiences for product teams, with a focus on frontend architecture, product quality and reliable delivery across distributed teams.

Selected clients

Path (crypto) · Tally (fintech) · Happen Bank · …

2012 — 2022

Previous experience

Frontend & Mobile Engineer

Frontend · Mobile · Product engineering · Team leadership

Built web and mobile products across healthcare, education, transportation and automation, including frontend leadership roles and work with international product teams.

View more on LinkedIn

04 / ai

AI in practice

I’m interested in AI as a way to improve how software is understood, designed and built — without replacing engineering judgment.

My current areas of exploration include:

Coding agents and AI-assisted development workflows
Retrieval and context systems
Human review and production safeguards
AI support for internal tools and product workflows
Practical AI integrations within SaaS products

The goal is not to add AI everywhere. It is to understand where it can create meaningful product or engineering value without compromising quality, security or maintainability.

05 / community

Community

Cursor Ambassador · Chile

I help organize Cursor Chile, a community for developers, designers, founders and people exploring new ways of building software with AI-assisted tools.

Through meetups and Cafe Cursor events, we create spaces to work on projects, share practical workflows and connect with others using or discovering Cursor.

Recent events include Cafe Cursor Santiago and Cursor Meetup Valdivia.

Visit Cursor Chile Cafe Cursor Santiago