Jorge Castaño 🚀️

Jorge Castaño

Tech Lead | Software Architect | Expert Consultant

I turn business vision into scalable, high-impact digital products. With 10+ years of experience, I lead cross-functional engineering teams and design mission-critical architectures across Fintech, Blockchain, and Enterprise domains. If you need a technical leader who guarantees quality, performance, and on-time delivery — you're in the right place.

10+
Years of Experience
10+
Products Shipped
20+
Teams Impacted

Professional Experience

Expert Consultant & Tech Lead

Amaris Consulting

Sept 2024 – Present
  • Summa (Grupo Argos): Led the full revitalization of the Becarios de Fundación Argos platform, delivering innovative features that accelerated critical selection processes.
  • Femsa Salud: Successfully deployed React Native applications for Yza and Cruz Verde pharmacies, boosting performance by 30% and shipping 5+ core business features.
  • Cencosud: Administered SonarQube at enterprise scale, analyzing 3,400+ projects, advising 20+ teams, and elevating code quality across 10+ core products.
  • Championed DevSecOps best practices, dramatically raising code quality standards across the organization.

CTO & Technology Consultant

Startup Ecosystem & Enterprise Clients

2020 – Present
  • Architected and deployed 5+ production-grade digital products serving 100K+ users.
  • Led technical strategy and team management for early-stage startups.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines, microservices architecture, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP).
  • Mentored engineering teams on best practices, design patterns, and code quality standards.

Co-founder & CTO

Monetta Project

2021 – 2023
  • Built a blockchain-powered digital wallet with a native token on the Polygon network.
  • Managed a team of 10 engineers across mobile (iOS/Android), backend, and web platforms.
  • Designed a system architecture handling 50K+ daily transactions with 99.9% uptime.
  • Stack: TypeScript, NestJS, React, React Native, Redux, PostgreSQL, Polygon, TailwindCSS.

Full-Stack Developer & Tech Lead

Banking & Fintech Sector

2016 – 2020
  • PagaTodo App: Built the flagship mobile banking platform enabling payments, transfers, and virtual card management (React Native, Redux).
  • CMS Davivienda: Developed a geolocation management system for 500+ bank branches and 2,000+ ATMs (Node.js, AngularJS, PostgreSQL).
  • Daviplata & Davivienda Maps: Created customer-facing geolocation tools mapping 15,000+ service points for Colombia's largest bank.

Project Manager & Lead Developer

OWO App

2015 – 2016
  • Led end-to-end development of a commission-based payment platform (mobile + CMS).
  • Defined architecture, code standards, and deployment strategies.
  • Delivered the project 2 weeks ahead of schedule with zero critical bugs post-launch.

Mobile SDK Developer

Multiple Clients

2013 – 2015
  • Developed a multiplatform SDK (Android, iOS, Cordova) for digital onboarding.
  • Integrated OCR and facial recognition services for identity verification.
  • SDK adopted by 3+ financial institutions across Latin America.

Education

Master's in Computer Engineering

Universidad de Granada

Sep 2025 – Present
Currently pursuing advanced studies in distributed systems and software architecture.

Bachelor's in Systems Engineering

Universidad del Valle

Completed
Solid foundation in software development, algorithms, and system design.

Technical Expertise

Languages & Frameworks

JavaScript TypeScript Node.js NestJS React React Native Redux Spring Boot

Infrastructure & Tools

PostgreSQL MongoDB Docker AWS CI/CD Microservices Blockchain SonarQube

Leadership & Architecture

Team Leadership System Design Code Review Agile/Scrum

Domains

Fintech E-commerce Mobile Banking Blockchain Healthcare Retail

Ready to take your product to the next level?

My approach isn't just writing code — it's building robust solutions that solve real business problems, scale over time, and exceed your users' expectations.

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