# Oscar Castro

> Staff Software Engineer - GoLinks, GoSearch, and GoProfiles

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/oscarcastro

Hi there! I'm Oscar Castro, computer science graduate from UC Santa Cruz and current software engineer at GoLinks. I enjoy developing mobile apps and web apps (♡React), especially developing from the ground up as it is great to see what can be created with skill and imagination.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ GoLinks
Jan 2025 – Present

### Senior Software Engineer @ GoLinks
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025

### Software Engineer II @ GoLinks
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Software Engineer @ GoLinks
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

### Backend Engineer Intern @ GoLinks
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

### Developer Relations Intern @ PubNub
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Reached an audience of over 7,200 people by publishing technical blog posts online to increase interest and awareness in PubNub
• Conducted R&D on new features and developed an interactive demo app implementing them
• Developed and published the first company app on the Play Store that lets users communicate their mood in real-time
• Delivered a technical talk at the Mobile Developer Group meetup on building a serverless React Native app 
• Worked with: React/React Native, Android Development, Vue.js, WordPress, Git

### College 9/10 Student Supervisor/Payroll Coordinator @ University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Santa Cruz, California
•  Worked closely with the student employees to provide excellent customer service and to make sure the dining hall operations ran smoothly
•  Trained new student employees by showing them how to properly work their stations and how to follow food handling procedures
•  Responsible for entering work hours for 200+ student workers into the payroll system

### Android Developer @ Cookie Cruz
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Santa Cruz, California
• Spearheaded a 4-member team to develop an app for a delivery business so customers can easily order cookies on their phone.
• Increased checkout speed by 40% (vs. the website) by fetching customer data from their in-app profile.
• Designed a streamlined UI which made ordering faster and more efficient.
• Effectively communicated with the owner throughout the process and the final product was delivered on time (3 months).
•	Worked with: Android Development, Proto.io, Gimp, Git


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ocastroa

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Last updated: 2026-03-20