Summary
José Castro is a seasoned SRE and engineering leader with 23+ years in technology and 13+ years scaling and mentoring teams, currently leading SRE at Bloomberg after managing Payments infrastructure and growth teams at Google. He has a strong track record in turning around dysfunctional engineering organizations, guiding James.Finance through due diligence and acquisition integration, and hiring and evangelizing engineering talent across startups and large enterprises. Comfortable across infrastructure, reliability, and product-facing payments systems, he blends hands-on technical judgment with people leadership to deliver stable, scalable platforms. Based in New York, he brings a pragmatic, cross-functional approach informed by early full-stack and consulting roots and a background in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. Off the clock he sharpens focus and dexterity as a close-up magician and a self-taught sushi maker, signals of his attention to detail and craft.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Universidade do Minho
English, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish