Manuel Castillo Obregón
Software engineer, pianist and MSc Sound and Music Computing student at UPF. I’m interested in the full journey: from an idea and its data to a tool people use.
[email protected] · manu-music.com
Experience
Technical leadership and software development
Platform architecture and development, authentication, testing and deployment. Coordination of distributed teams of up to six engineers, working with clients across several countries.
Digital identity and e-signature consulting
Requirements, API integration and architecture for banking and government. Document intelligence solutions with OCR, asynchronous processing and per-organisation isolation.
University music lecturer
Universidad del Istmo, Guatemala. Designed and taught a music course covering theory, acoustics, production and performance. Guided studio sessions, coordinated concerts and provided practical training in live sound.
Education
MSc Sound and Music Computing
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. In progress; expected completion in 2027.
Systems Engineering and Computer Science
Universidad del Istmo, Guatemala.
Piano studies
Conservatorio Nacional de Música “Germán Alcántara”, Guatemala.
Tools and approaches
APIs and web applications with Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL and React/TypeScript. Digital identity integration with OAuth2/OIDC, role-based permissions and MFA. Deployment with Docker, Linux and AWS, supported by testing and documentation.
For audio I work with PyTorch, librosa, torchaudio, Essentia and ffmpeg; for music production, Logic Pro and Reaper.
Languages
Native Spanish · Fluent professional English · French B1 · Beginner Catalan.
The same focus, on a different stage.
Fencing is part of my story too. Listening, anticipating and working precisely are habits I carry beyond the piste.
What could we create together?
A digital project, audio research or a musical collaboration. Tell me what you have in mind.
Let’s talk