Running Faro Web Studio, open to full-time roles
Jose Castanos.Building web products and internal tools for lean teams.
Selected work
All work →2026
Product
The Shine Drop
Booking and pickup flow for a Calgary shoe care studio. Replaced back and forth texting with a single form, now handling around 40 bookings a month. A custom AI agent runs the customer logistics behind it: invoicing, payment receipts and Google review requests.
Design and build, soloNext.js, TypeScript, Twilio, Stripe, Airtable, OpenClaw
Visit site2025
E-commerce
Cozey.com
Product launches across the Canadian and U.S. storefronts of a direct to consumer furniture brand. Rebuilt the SKU generation pipeline to run in 90 seconds instead of 30 minutes on launches producing 10,000+ SKUs.
Software EngineerNext.js, TypeScript, AWS Lambda, GraphQL, Shopify, Sanity CMS
Visit site2024
Automation
RP-1 Bookings
Automated SMS campaigns to lift booking conversion. Lifted reply rates on dormant leads by roughly 20%.
Front-end and API integrationReact, TypeScript, Tailwind, Twilio, MongoDB
Visit site
Experience
Full history →2026
Present
Founder and EngineerFaro Web Studio
Running a small web and automation studio, building sites and internal tooling for small businesses.
2025
To 2026
Software EngineerSolid Stride Technology Partners
Built automation scripts and scrapers, and moved key clients off legacy platforms onto secure cloud systems.
2024
To 2025
Software EngineerCozey
Shipped product launches across the Canadian and U.S. storefronts on Next.js, AWS, Postgres and headless CMS.
2022
To 2024
Front-end DeveloperGSD
Built SaaS products with an international team using TypeScript, React, Node and MongoDB.