Carlos Castro

Carlos Castro

Senior Software Engineer

Experience

Netflix

Senior Software Engineer - Games Web

• San Diego, CA

- Present • 4 years 7 months

Leading technical initiatives for Netflix's gaming platform and web experiences, driving architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers across multiple high-impact projects.

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Key Achievements

  • Worked as the Technical Lead for the logged in Netflix.com experience which meant I got to decide the technical direction of the features that millions of members use to find the right content at the right time in the Web.
  • I was part of a small tiger team that launched the Tudum global website (https://www.netflix.com/tudum); This Website has grown tremendously YoY in terms of organic traffic and has increased the enjoyment of Netflix Members.
  • I created the first GraphQL Client of our Website monorepo, which is now adopted by 4+ applications. This Client has everything ready for consumers to get started with GraphQL in their domains.
  • I have been a member of different committees to review GraphQL schemas and Decide on APIs Best Practices. I've led multiple meetings and conversations to advance the culture and technology in the Web Domain.
  • I was part of the planning for the first batch of New Graduates joining Netflix, Planning the technical materials, organizing a specialized Bootcamp, and creating guidelines for selecting mentors.
  • I am a mentor constantly seeking coaching opportunities to teach engineering early in their careers at Netflix.
  • I've developed multiple features in the main netflix.com website that millions of users use daily.
  • I was the technical lead for the Web implementation of the Netflix Live initiative; This project was a key initiative by Netflix with a tight deadline; I led two engineers to deliver all the features necessary, crafted a mini roadmap, and split up the required tasks for the project.
  • I've worked more in TV Space of Netflix, working in the main consumer application for smart TVs, which millions of users enjoy daily.
PayPal

Staff Software Architect 2

• San Jose, CA

- • 8 months

Architected solutions for PayPal.com across backend and frontend, designing integrated solutions using headless CMS and Server Driven UI.

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Key Achievements

  • Architect for the web team across backend and frontend, designing and architecting solutions for the PayPal home page that receives millions of unique visitors per year.
  • Designed and Architected a new integrated solution to build pages using 3rd party headless CMS and Server Driven UI; This resulted in faster campaigns going to market, saving millions in development costs.
  • Led a six engineers frontend team to reboot our UI Component Library using modern technologies to power up our new Server Driven UI initiative. We used technologies such as Typescript, React, CSS Modules, and GraphQL.
PayPal

Staff Software Engineer 2

• San Francisco Bay Area

- • 1 year 5 months

Led frontend architecture for multiple teams including Billing and Developer Documentation, driving accessibility and performance improvements.

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Key Achievements

  • Frontend Architect for a team of ten engineers leading the implementation of new features, accessibility, and performance for Billing.
  • Frontend Architect for PayPal Developer Documentation team of ten engineers leading the implementation of new features, accessibility, and performance.
  • Successfully launched a re-design of the developer dashboard with a clear separation of Sandbox and Production environment that made our experience easier to use.
  • Engineering Lead for PayPal UI - a team of 5 engineers in charge of delivering a Web, iOS, and Android centralized design system.
  • Created our Design Tokens strategy to translate technology-agnostic values to Web, iOS, and Android solutions.
  • Wrote the delivery mechanisms for Web, iOS, and Android using NPM, Cocoapods, and Gradle to deliver technology-specific and consumable packages.
  • Presented our initiatives to C-Suite leaders to successfully get funding and feedback.
PayPal

Staff Software Engineer

• San Francisco Bay Area

- • 2 years 10 months

Created PayPal.com's Design System and successfully introduced React to a team of 50+ engineers.

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Key Achievements

  • Engineering Leader tasked with the creation of a Design System for PayPal.com
  • Successfully introduced React as technology to the PayPal.com team comprised of 50+ engineers.
PayPal

User Interface Engineer

• San Francisco Bay Area

- • 1 year 5 months

Developed and managed corporate sites and marketing campaigns, including creating an in-house blogging tool.

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Key Achievements

  • Developed and managed corporate sites for PayPal (About, Jobs, Stories, Investor Relations)
  • Developed multiple landing pages for marketing campaigns
  • Created an in house blogging tool to publish articles for Stories site and developed the frontend using React.js
PayPal

Full Stack Engineer

• San Francisco Bay Area

- • 7 months

Worked on Merchant Signup Platform handling thousands of new merchants monthly across the world.

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Key Achievements

  • Framework designed by the Falcon Team at PayPal to fulfill the necessity of merchant sign up and activation across the world.
  • The platform receives thousands of new merchants monthly and adjusts to their sign-up necessities to be a better suit of services while using PayPal as one of their accepted payment methods.
Sibatel Communications inc.

Software Engineer

• Greater Los Angeles Area

- • 2 years 2 months

Web Development Consulting for various companies.

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Key Achievements

  • Offering Web development consulting for companies using technologies such as HTML/CSS, Javascript, Node.js, Backbone.js, Grunt.js, LESS, jQuery, etc.
Tekmexico S.A. de C.V.

Software Engineer

• Tijuana, Mexico

- • 1 year 2 months

Web Development Consulting.

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Key Achievements

  • Web Development Consulting using HTML, CSS, Javascript, Node.js, and PHP
INDEBC

Software Engineer / Systems Administrator

• Tijuana, Mexico

- • 2 years 6 months

IT Department member handling systems, development, and support.

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Key Achievements

  • Troubleshooting IT requests
  • Systems configuration (OS Deployments, Malware removal)
  • Software Development (Multiple internal tools to manage athletes and Sports events)
  • IT support on sports events

Education

Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Computer Engineer, Computer Software Engineering

Baja California, Mexico