Benny Schmidt

Benny Schmidt is a skilled software engineer with experience working at leading technology companies. Currently employed at Wise since November 2024, Benny previously contributed to JustGiving and Xero in various engineering roles, including Software Engineer and Associate Engineer, from August 2023 to November 2024 and February 2020 to May 2023, respectively. Benny's professional journey began as a Graduate Developer and Product Developer Intern at Xero and Tait Communications. Benny holds a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours in Software Engineering from the University of Canterbury, earned between 2016 and 2019, and completed education at Cashmere High School from 2011 to 2015.