Mike Castle
Release Engineer at Google
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Castle is a seasoned release engineer with over two decades of hands-on software and release experience, currently managing firmware and software releases for mobile devices at Google in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has a proven track record building and scaling CI/CD systems—most notably a bespoke continuous integration system that cut mean time to detect breaking changes from weeks to hours and scaled release processes from a handful to thousands of projects. Comfortable across DevOps, SCM administration (Perforce), and Python tooling, Mike has driven developer-facing libraries and command-line tools used by tens to hundreds of thousands of engineers. His contributions to front-end open-source projects like IITC and w2ui show an attention to UX and documentation often overlooked in low-level release work. Known for pragmatic automation and deep institutional knowledge, he also trains teams and authors processes that make complex release ecosystems predictable and resilient.
12 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Missouri University of Science and TechnologyTroy Buchanan High School
Stackoverflow
150reputation
17kreached
13answers
4questions
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
user-interface10
ui-design10
interface-design10
uid10
w2ui10
front-end-development10
documentation10
ux-design9
user-experience9
html9
css7
google-visualization6
css-selectors6
bash6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
iitc-project/ingress-intel-total-conversion
Nov 2013 - Jan 2014
ingress.com/intel total conversion user script with some new features. Should allow easier extension of the intel map.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:33 commits, 4 PRs, 56 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Mike primarily focused on improving the user experience and fixing minor issues within the Ingress Intel Total Conversion (IITC) user script. They addressed UI issues related to portal link behavior, ensuring that clicking portal links replaces the current page. They also made several typo fixes across different files and improved the descriptions within the user script, showing a focus on usability and clarity. The user demonstrated a good understanding of front-end development principles by modifying the user interface and addressing minor errors.
userscripts
vitmalina/w2ui
Apr 2016 - Dec 2016
UI widgets for modern apps. Data table, forms, toolbars, sidebar, tabs, tooltips, popups. All under 120kb (gzipped).
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 commits, 6 PRs, 2 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Mike primarily focused on improving the documentation and demo examples for the w2ui library. They corrected typos and updated the visual examples within the documentation and demo files. They also made adjustments to existing UI components, including grids, forms, popups, and editor elements. This work suggests a focus on enhancing the user experience and clarifying the usage of the library's features.
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