# Carlos Knopel

> Software engineer based in Chile with a focus on frontend engineering for web and mobile products, experience across fintech and SaaS, and practical AI-assisted development.

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.

## 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.

## 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

### AI
- Claude
- Cursor
- Codex
- Hermes
- AWS Bedrock
- LiteLLM
- and more…

## Experience
### Trio
- Role: Software Engineer
- Period: 2022 — Present
- Focus: 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

### Previous experience
- Role: Frontend & Mobile Engineer
- Period: 2012 — 2022
- Focus: 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.

## 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.

## 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](https://www.cursorchile.cl)
- [Cafe Cursor Santiago](https://luma.com/cafe-cursor-santiago)

## Contact
- Website: https://carlosknopel.dev
- Email: hi@carlosknopel.dev
- GitHub: https://github.com/buskerone
- LinkedIn: https://cl.linkedin.com/in/carlos-knopel
- Email: mailto:hi@carlosknopel.dev
- Cursor Chile: https://www.cursorchile.cl