Oscar Merlos
Software Engineer at Luma AI
San Jose, California, United States
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Top SchoolOscar Merlos is a seasoned software engineer based in San Jose with over a decade of professional experience and a 15-year background designing and shipping web and mobile technologies. He has moved between fast-paced consumer and platform teams at companies like Google, Figma, PayPal and now Luma AI, bringing both product-focused execution and systems-level rigor. His experience ranges from leading engineering teams and founding a startup to senior roles driving usability and technical direction at large organizations. Oscar combines a formal Computer Science background with logistics and supply-chain training, which gives him a practical, operations-minded approach to delivering reliable software. Known for bridging UX-minded design thinking with backend engineering, he consistently translates complex requirements into maintainable, production-ready systems. Based in the Bay Area, he brings entrepreneurial curiosity and cross-functional leadership to product and infrastructure challenges.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Dual Major Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Dual Major Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Universidad Panamericana
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Github Skills (45)
activecollab8
wordpress7
vui7
rest-api6
api6
nodejs6
rest6
displays6
angular5
singing5
voice5
async5
face-detection5
javascript5
octoprint4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
smoscar/KeyMapper
Oct 2019 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
smoscar/joy-detection-renderer
Jun 2018 - Feb 2022
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 1 comment in 3 years 8 months
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