Jorge Castro
Engineering Manager at FlowPagos
Chile
Summary
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Top SchoolJorge Castro is an engineering manager with 15+ years of experience in building and scaling software teams, platforms, and delivery processes across LATAM. Currently leading Continuous Improvement at Flow Pagos, he combines hands-on technical leadership with operational rigor to drive near-zero production incidents, improved release processes, and stronger engineering culture across Chile, Peru, and Mexico. A former CTO and co-founder with nine years running a software firm, he brings product-minded decision making and a track record of delivering 100+ clients and 300+ projects. Technically fluent in PHP/Laravel, JavaScript, Python and cloud-native tooling, he also leverages AI and automation (Claude API, n8n, Copilot) to build internal dashboards and streamline workflows. An active open-source contributor to Laravel-Backpack demos, he pairs practical backend craftsmanship with cybersecurity awareness and cross-cultural collaboration. Based in Valparaíso, Jorge is a pragmatic leader who turns high-stress situations into sustainable engineering improvements.
7 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Cybersecurity, Diploma, Cybersecurity at Universidad de Santiago de ChileUniversity Technician, Computer Science, University Technician, Computer Science at Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
English, Spanish, Russian
Stackoverflow
186reputation
5kreached
19answers
3questions
Github Skills (25)
admin10
jquery10
back-end-development10
eloquent10
laravel-mix10
backpack10
laravel10
php10
backend10
crud10
cms9
javascript9
authentication8
user-authentication8
enums8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Laravel-Backpack/demo
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
A working demo of Laravel with all Backpack packages installed.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jorge focused on enhancing the backend functionality of the Laravel application. They implemented features related to Backpack CRUD, including custom column types, enum support for model attributes, and the integration of repeatable fields. Further contributions involved updating dependencies, integrating WYSIWYG editors like CKEditor, and adding missing columns to the Monster CRUD controllers. These changes demonstrate a deep understanding of Backpack's capabilities and Laravel's model-view-controller architecture.
laravel
twgroupcl/simple-gestion
Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:4 reviews, 436 PRs, 511 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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