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Gabriel Castro

Software Engineer

I build enterprise-grade systems end-to-end — from payroll engines and HRIS platforms to real estate CRMs and cloud infrastructure.

3+Years Experience
5+Projects Shipped
PHP & TSPrimary Stack

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I'm a Software Engineer based in Pampanga, Philippines with 3+ years of experience designing and building enterprise systems end-to-end. I've shipped everything from HRIS and payroll engines to ticketing platforms and cloud infrastructure — always with a focus on performance, reliability, and clean architecture.

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Software Engineer • Clark Outsourcing

Pampanga, Philippines

May 2023 – Present

Platform Architecture
  1. Architected FormHub, a self-serve ticketing and operations platform adopted by 100% of internal departments, processing 10,000+ monthly automated actions with configurable webhooks into Slack, Zoho, and Airtable.
  2. Architected DocuDoku, a proprietary e-signature application with a custom Gotenberg parsing engine and multi-step, role-based routing, universally adopted as the enterprise's PandaDoc alternative for all critical agreements.
  3. Engineered Brand, a gamified corporate communication and event management platform featuring multimodal attendance tracking (RFID, QR scans) and point-based competitions to drive company-wide employee engagement.
  4. Architected a modular dashboard engine integrated across the enterprise portal, using user-defined configurations to dynamically aggregate and render role-specific metrics and tools based on organizational hierarchy.
Infrastructure & Cloud
  1. Spearheaded the architectural refactoring of a legacy microservice ecosystem, migrating from synchronous HTTP to an asynchronous, event-driven model using AWS SQS and Laravel Queues to eliminate cascading failures.
  2. Orchestrated the migration of API microservices from Elastic Beanstalk to ECS using service-specific Terraform configurations, achieving strict local-to-production environment parity while centralizing secrets management via AWS Secrets Manager and Parameter Store.
Financial Systems Integrity
  1. Engineered a standalone Payroll System module featuring automated loan management and a customizable tax computation engine, empowering specialists to independently execute complex payment runs and automate attendance generation.
  2. Engineered a custom distributed transaction management protocol across independent microservices, implementing automated cross-service database rollbacks in the event of job processing failures to ensure strict data integrity.
AI & Frontend
  1. Initiated Leni, a standalone AI-powered resume parsing platform using FastAPI, LangGraph, and AWS Bedrock (Claude 3.5 Sonnet) to process 1,000+ applications monthly and automate high-accuracy candidate screening.
  2. Spearheaded the enterprise-wide Angular v17 to v19 migration, optimizing system performance via module lazy loading and architecting a unified, user-configurable dashboard utilizing progressive disclosure to reduce cognitive load.

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FormHub

formhub.sh
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Self-serve ticketing and operations platform adopted by 100% of internal departments, with a dynamic form builder, configurable workflow engine, automated routing, and webhook integrations into Slack, Zoho, and Airtable.

Impact

10,000+ monthly automated actions across 100% of internal departments

Architecture

Shared-database multi-service Laravel backend, Angular SPA, SQS async processing

AngularLaravelMySQLRedisAWS SQSNgRx
Private — Clark Outsourcing

DocuDoku

Proprietary e-signature application featuring a custom Gotenberg document parsing engine and multi-step, role-based approval routing, universally adopted as the enterprise's PandaDoc alternative for all critical agreements.

Impact

Replaced PandaDoc as the enterprise-wide e-signature standard

Architecture

Laravel backend orchestrating Gotenberg document rendering, role-based multi-step routing engine, audit-logged signature workflow

LaravelAngularGotenbergMySQLAWS S3
Private — Clark Outsourcing

Payroll System

payroll.sh
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Full-cycle payroll module with BIR tax computation, SSS/PhilHealth/Pag-IBIG contributions, automated loan management, and configurable deductions, empowering specialists to independently run complex payment cycles and automate attendance generation.

Impact

99.9%+ payroll accuracy validated through audit reports

Architecture

Rule-based computation engine, background job queue for batch processing, audit trail logging

AngularLaravelMySQLLaravel QueuesAWS SQS
Private — Clark Outsourcing

HRIS & Performance Management

hris.sh
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Integrated HR platform covering employee records, onboarding workflows, leave management, and a performance review cycle with configurable KPIs and manager calibration.

Architecture

Multi-portal Angular apps (Employee + Admin), shared Laravel API, role-based access control

AngularLaravelMySQLNgRxApexCharts
Private — Clark Outsourcing

Brand

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Gamified corporate communication and event management platform featuring multimodal attendance tracking (RFID, QR scans) and point-based competitions to drive company-wide employee engagement.

Impact

65% increase in employee participation

Architecture

REST API backend, real-time notifications via Firebase, event-driven participation scoring

AngularLaravelNgRxMySQLApexCharts
Private — Clark Outsourcing

Real Estate Management System & CRM

crm.sh
New Lead
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A comprehensive platform for brokers and agents to manage properties (rent, buy, auction) and capture leads from interested buyers and property appraisals. Features an integrated CRM for managing client relationships, tracking agent commissions and activity logs, and a built-in CMS for publishing real estate articles.

Impact

Streamlined broker operations and centralized lead management

Architecture

NestJS backend providing secure RESTful services, React frontend for responsive user interfaces, PostgreSQL for robust data integrity.

Next.jsNestJSPostgreSQLCRMCMS
Freelance Project

Leni

leni.py
Parse
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Standalone AI-powered resume parsing platform that autonomously scores incoming applications against job descriptions using intelligent agent routing, eliminating manual first-pass HR screening.

Impact

1,000+ applications processed monthly, eliminating 12 hrs/week of manual screening

Architecture

FastAPI backend orchestrating LangGraph agents on AWS Bedrock (Claude 3.5 Sonnet), async scoring workflow with intelligent routing logic

FastAPILangGraphAWS BedrockClaude 3.5 SonnetPython
Private — Clark Outsourcing

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Frontend

TypeScript
JavaScript
Angular
React
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
Bootstrap
SCSS
ESLint
Vite

Backend

PHP
Node.js
Python
Java
Laravel
NestJS
Django
FastAPI
REST APIs
JWT
OAuth

Databases

MySQL
PostgreSQL
DynamoDB
Firebase

DevOps & Cloud

AWS
Terraform
Terragrunt
AWS CloudFormation
GitHub Actions
AWS CodePipeline
Docker
AWS CloudWatch

Tools

Git
GitHub
VS Code
PyCharm
JIRA

AI Building

Claude 3.5 Sonnet API
Agentic AI Pipelines
LangChain
LangGraph

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Email
LinkedIn
GitHub
WhatsApp
Viber