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Castro S

This talent has passed a rigorous process of technical and soft skills interviews, system design tests, background checks, onboarding exams, and has successfully completed technical and soft skills challenges, or has demonstrated their capabilities through on-platform work.
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Software Engineer Preferred Title
$37.50 /hr $ 45.0K /yr Hourly Rate and Yearly Salary
Overview Experiences LD Experiences Qualifications Reviews Vetting
Overview
Basic Summary
LD Talent History
  • Worksession Approval 100.0%
  • Average Response Time 2.6 hours
  • Average Count of Messages/Day 8.0
  • Project Completion Rate 2/4
  • Interview Acceptance Rate 4/6
  • Timezone Overlap 7h PST, 19h UTC
  • Earned Hours 2010.50
Vetting Summary
  • No. of Onboarding MCQs Completed 180
  • More details
Interview Scores (3.0/5)
  • Software Engineering Process 2.0/5
  • Design Practice 3.0/5
  • Design Theory 3.0/5
  • Technical Breadth 3.0/5
  • Logical Thinking 2.0/5
  • Technical Strength 3.0/5
  • System Design 3.0/5
  • Productivity and Responsiveness 3.0/5
  • Teamwork 4.0/5
  • Agile Development Process 3.0/5
  • Intellectual Merit 3.0/5
  • English Communication 4.0/5
  • Documentation 3.0/5
Talent's Devices
  • Desktop Linux
  • Phone Android
General
  • Member Since Sep 27, 2022
  • Profile Last Updated Dec 05, 2024
  • Last Activity May 7, 2025, 9:02 a.m. UTC
  • Location Kenya
Profile Summary
Solution-oriented and problem solver with experience building and maintaining software and software architecture. Highly skilled in communication, collaboration, and technical documentation.
Skills
Total Experience: 4 years
  • Python (5E, 3Y, 1C)

    5 experiences, across 3 years, with 1 course
  • Python Selenium (3E, 2Y)

    3 experiences, across 2 years
  • Selenium (2E, 2Y)

    2 experiences, across 2 years
  • Gmail Api (2Y)

    2 years of experience
  • Prompt Engineering

  • RAG

  • Flask

  • MongoDB

  • Open AI

  • React (3E)

    3 experiences
  • JavaScript (2E, 2Y, 1C)

    2 experiences, across 2 years, with 1 course
  • HTML (2E, 2Y, 1C)

    2 experiences, across 2 years, with 1 course
  • CSS (3E, 2Y, 1C)

    3 experiences, across 2 years, with 1 course
  • Django (2E, 2Y, 1C)

    2 experiences, across 2 years, with 1 course
  • REST (1C)

    1 course
  • SQLite (2C)

    2 courses
  • Leetcode

  • Heroku (1C)

    1 course
  • AWS (1C)

    1 course
  • Web Hosting (1C)

    1 course
  • Bootstrap (2C)

    2 courses
  • Azure (1C)

    1 course
  • Postgres (1C)

    1 course
  • MySQL (2C)

    2 courses
  • Wordpress (1C)

    1 course
  • Twitter APIs (1C)

    1 course
  • Web scrapers (1C)

    1 course
  • SQL (1C)

    1 course
Weekly Availability
Timezone Overlap with 06 - 21 per Week: 7h PST, 19h UTC
Day
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
UTC
03 - 08
03 - 09
03 - 09
03 - 09
03 - 09
03 - 09
03 - 08
PST
20 - 01
20 - 02
20 - 02
20 - 02
20 - 02
20 - 02
20 - 01
Vetting
  • Interview Data
  • Software Engineering Process
  • Design Practice
  • Design Theory
  • Technical Breadth
  • Logical Thinking
  • Technical Strength
  • System Design
  • Productivity and Responsiveness
  • Teamwork
  • Agile Development Process
  • Intellectual Merit
  • English Communication
  • Documentation
Experience
Software Engineer
Contract
Feb 2023 - Present
LD Talent Company
Technology Industry
Project: Marketing Automation
  • Python Selenium
  • Selenium
  • Python
  • Used Python Selenium to maintain and improve existing tests scripts
  • Developed new test scripts using Python Selenium
Software Engineer
Passion Project
Oct 2024 - Oct 2024
Ld Talent Company
Technology Industry
Project: Cut off Trees for Golf Event
  • Leetcode
  • Python
  • Used Python to solve the Leetcode challenge "Cut off Trees for Golf Event"
  • Demonstrated my problem solving skills by working on this Leetcode challenge
Website Links
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8L2WPuTFck
Front End Developer
Contract
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
Erlomaton General Supplies Company
Retail Industry
Project: React Website
  • React
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Wrote well-designed and efficient code by using React, HTML, and Tailwind CSS
  • Wrote application interface code using JavaScript following React.js workflows.
Website Links
  • https://erlomaton.azurewebsites.net/
Github Links
  • https://github.com/castrombithisamm/react-website-erlomaton
Front End Developer
Passion Project
Aug 2022 - Sep 2022
MyAdmin Company
Technology Industry
Project: Admin Dashboard
  • React
  • CSS
  • Used React to build an admin dashboard app.
  • Used Tailwind CSS to define the styles for the dashboard app.
Website Links
  • https://castrombithisamm.github.io/react-dashboard/
Github Links
  • https://github.com/castrombithisamm/react-dashboard
Full Stack Developer
Passion Project
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Dry Joke App Company
Arts and Entertainment Industry
Project: Random Dry Joke
  • React
  • Django
  • REST
  • Built a high-performing web app where one could generate a random joke with the click of a button.
  • Developed RESTful API using Python Django.
  • Fetched the API JSON data and integrated it with a React frontend.
  • Implemented a Share to Twitter feature where one could share a random dry joke directly to Twitter.
Website Links
  • https://castrombithisamm.github.io/dry-joke-app/
Github Links
  • https://github.com/castrombithisamm/dry-joke-app
Software Engineer
Course Project
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
LinkedIn Learning Company
Food and Agriculture Industry
Project: Wisdom Pets
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • SQLite
  • Django
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • I used Django to develop a data-driven architecture for this project.
  • I used HTML in Django templates to design the layout and content of the web app.
  • I used CSS to style the HTML code in the Django templates.
  • I used Python to help load CSV data into the SQLite database.
  • I used JavaScript to add special effects to the web pages and to enhance the usability of my Django templates.
Github Links
  • https://github.com/castrombithisamm/wisdompets
LD Experience
Client Projects
Marketing Engineer
Contract
Jan 2023 - Dec 2024
LD Hr Marketing Client's Company/Project
Technology Industry
Project: LDHrMarketing
  • Python Selenium
  • Selenium
  • Python
  • I executed the Python Selenium script manually daily, overseeing the seamless automation of Ld Talent's marketing
  • I actively managed and enhanced the script, incorporating advanced functionalities using Selenium, to address any potential challenges or evolving requirements, ensuring adaptability and robustness
Github Links
  • https://github.com/gobid/ld-roles-automator
Software Engineer
Contract
Jan 2023 - Dec 2024
LD Talent Client's Company/Project
Technology Industry
  • Python Selenium
  • Gmail Api
  • Python
  • Utilized Python Selenium for maintaining and enhancing existing test scripts, ensuring compatibility across different browsers
  • Utilized the Gmail API to programmatically retrieve login credentials from emails sent to my Gmail account, enabling seamless automation
  • Check out my technical abilities and features developed in the demos below.
Website Links
  • https://app.box.com/s/hf12jjeuv73dc3kau78b48weo04wfcns/file/1443577206051
Github Links
  • https://app.box.com/s/hf12jjeuv73dc3kau78b48weo04wfcns/file/1443485833444
So far quite detailed and seems to be solving the issues he is finding.
Review given by the client for this project.
Software Engineer
Contract
Mar 2024 - Jul 2024
Sathya Consulting Client's Company/Project
Project: SathyaConsulting
  • RAG
  • Open AI
  • MongoDB
  • Flask
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Used Open AI Text Embedding to measure the relatedness of text strings.
  • Used Flask to develop an API that can query the database and return responses on the frontend
  • Used MongoDB to perform Vector search on the text embeddings
  • Build a RAG project that allows users to ask a question and then get AI-generated responses
  • Applied my prompt engineering skills to improve the AI-generated responses
Github Links
  • https://github.com/abhiramkolluri/ask-sai-baba.git
good work so far
Review given by the client for this project.
Video Projects
How to implement django-tenant-schemas with a fixed URL
Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
Frontend Developer
Technology
  • Python
  • Python Selenium
  • Selenium
  • Gmail Api
  • Led user research for a new construction site documentation tool.
  • Hosted workshops to synthesize user insights into design requirements.
  • Designed 3D concepts and built prototypes to investigate new tool form factors.
  • Researched existing digital solutions and prioritized key features for app release.
Website Links
  • https://blog.learningdollars.com/2020/08/02/how-to-implement-django-tenant-schemas-with-a-fixed-url/
  • https://agile-headland-01373.herokuapp.com/
Github Links
  • https://github.com/MainaKamau92/rickandmortycharacters
  • https://github.com/learningdollars/mainak-django-tenant-schemas
LD Ventures
Thea
Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
Frontend Developer
Technology
  • Python
  • Python Selenium
  • Selenium
  • Gmail Api
  • I used the Django Rest Framework to create a multi tenant API with the aid of the django-tenant-schemas package.
  • I used the Postgres Database as the persistence layer and specifically the PostgreSQL Schemas to ensure that all tenants using the API had their data.
  • I used the REST architecture in designing my API.
  • Researched existing digital solutions and prioritized key features for app release.
Website Links
  • https://blog.learningdollars.com/2020/08/02/how-to-implement-django-tenant-schemas-with-a-fixed-url/
  • https://agile-headland-01373.herokuapp.com/
Github Links
  • https://github.com/MainaKamau92/rickandmortycharacters
  • https://github.com/learningdollars/mainak-django-tenant-schemas
Qualifications
Education
Kibabii University [Graduation Diploma Confirmed]
Sep 2016 - Mar 2021
B.Sc (Information Technology)
Courses
Become a Django Developer
Aug 2021 - Oct 2021
LinkedIn Learning
  • Heroku
  • REST
  • SQLite
  • Django
  • AWS
  • Web Hosting
  • Bootstrap
  • Azure
  • Postgres
Become a Web Developer
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
LinkedIn Learning
  • MySQL
  • JavaScript
  • Wordpress
  • CSS
  • HTML
Python for Everybody
May 2020 - May 2020
Coursera
  • MySQL
  • Python
  • SQLite
  • Twitter APIs
  • Bootstrap
  • Web scrapers
  • SQL
Reviews
Client Project Reviews
SathyaConsulting
good work so far
LD Talent
So far quite detailed and seems to be solving the issues he is finding.
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