Summary
Horacio De Oro is a Senior Software Engineer and SRE with 15 years of experience building scalable, secure cloud-native systems from fintech to observability platforms. Based in Zaragoza, Spain, he has led migrations to Kubernetes, implemented IaC with Terraform, and driven Kafka and Change Data Capture initiatives that reduced operational complexity and enabled a company-wide data lake. He's known for translating business needs into pragmatic architectures, having recruited and shaped high-performance teams while acting as cloud architect and scrum lead for multiple startups. His work spans deep hands-on engineering (Python, Java, Erlang), infrastructure optimization that cut costs dramatically, and creation of E2E testing tools for observability pipelines. Not obvious from titles: he pairs systems-level troubleshooting with product-minded solutions—often solving long-standing customer pain points rather than just patching incidents. Currently driving security engineering at CAST AI, he combines SRE rigor with a focus on maintainability and measurable ROI.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Russian Language and Literature, Russian Language and Literature at Saint Petersburg State University
Bachelor’s Degree Systems Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Systems Engineering at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
English, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian