Jorge Castro
Engineering Manager | Fintech & LATAM Payments | AI Automation
15+ years leading engineering teams, scaling payment platforms and integrating AI tools into development processes. Based in Viña del Mar, Chile.
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Experience
Engineering Manager
@ Flow Pagos2025 - Present
- ‣ Leading Continuous Improvement team across Chile, Peru and Mexico
- ‣ Reduced production incidents to near-zero
- ‣ Building internal tools with AI (n8n + Claude API)
Tech Lead
@ Tuxpan / Flow Pagos2023 - 2025
- ‣ 20+ end-to-end payment method integrations across LATAM
- ‣ -25% implementation time per integration
- ‣ Direct hire by Flow due to demonstrated impact
Senior Developer
@ Backpack for Laravel (Open Source)2021 - 2023
- ‣ Core team member of the ecosystem
- ‣ Package refactoring and code reviews
- ‣ ~20% performance improvement in core packages
CTO & Co-founder
@ TWGroup2013 - 2022
- ‣ 100+ clients and 300+ projects delivered
- ‣ Teams of up to 10 people
- ‣ -30% infrastructure costs with cloud migration
Developer
@ El Mercurio, Chilquinta & others2007 - 2013
- ‣ .NET development and corporate systems
- ‣ Bilingual technical support (Spanish/English)
Skills & Technologies
Leadership
Engineering ManagementCoaching & FeedbackScrum / KanbanHiring & OnboardingOKRs & Delivery
Backend
PHP / LaravelNode.jsPythonREST APIsMicroservices
Infrastructure
DockerAWSCI/CDLinuxNginx
AI & Automation
Claude CodeClaude APIGoogle Antigravityn8nLLM Workflows
Frontend
AstroTailwind CSSJavaScriptHTML/CSSReact
Data
MySQLPostgreSQLRedisElasticsearch
Education
Diploma in Cybersecurity
Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH)
University Technician in Computer Science
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Languages
Spanish Native
English Professional (B2+)
Let's talk
If you're looking for an Engineering Manager with experience in fintech, payments and AI automation, I'd love to chat.