I am a Software Engineer who thrives on solving complex problems by learning faster than the problem evolves. While my experience covers the full development lifecycle, my core strength is quick adaptability—the ability to master new stacks and shift between deep technical execution and leadership roles with high velocity. I am also passionate about leveraging AI to rethink traditional engineering workflows. Rather than just using tools, I focus on how AI-driven automation can be integrated into the SDLC to compress development cycles and harden architectural standards. I am eager to bring this "AI-first" mindset to your team to build faster, smarter, and more reliably. Best, Álvaro Martínez

Álvaro Martínez

I am a Software Engineer who thrives on solving complex problems by learning faster than the problem evolves. While my experience covers the full development lifecycle, my core strength is quick adaptability—the ability to master new stacks and shift between deep technical execution and leadership roles with high velocity. I am also passionate about leveraging AI to rethink traditional engineering workflows. Rather than just using tools, I focus on how AI-driven automation can be integrated into the SDLC to compress development cycles and harden architectural standards. I am eager to bring this "AI-first" mindset to your team to build faster, smarter, and more reliably. Best, Álvaro Martínez

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I am a Software Engineer who thrives on solving complex problems by learning faster than the problem evolves. While my experience covers the full development lifecycle, my core strength is quick adaptability—the ability to master new stacks and shift between deep technical execution and leadership roles with high velocity.

I am also passionate about leveraging AI to rethink traditional engineering workflows. Rather than just using tools, I focus on how AI-driven automation can be integrated into the SDLC to compress development cycles and harden architectural standards. I am eager to bring this “AI-first” mindset to your team to build faster, smarter, and more reliably.

Best,
Álvaro Martínez

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

Spanish; Castilian
Advanced
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Tech Lead & Engineering Manager at Stack Builders
April 1, 2024 - Present
Tech Lead & Engineering Manager responsible for mentoring a team of 3–5 developers, improving delivery quality and reducing reopened tickets by ~30%. Standardized the SDLC with automated Laravel/Vue.js CI/CD pipelines and documentation templates, shortening release cycles to 3–4 days. Optimized high-volume Ads API pipelines with rate-limiting and caching to ensure data consistency. Led the development of a core Budgeting & ROI engine with validation and audit logs for enterprise datasets. Served as a bridge between executives and engineering to communicate progress in terms of business ROI and velocity.
Software Engineer (Mid-Senior) at Stack Builders
July 1, 2022 - April 1, 2024
Led performance optimizations increasing reporting throughput ~2x and reducing latencies from 6s to 3s by rewriting PostgreSQL queries and adding Redis caching. Architected scalable web applications using Laravel 11 and Vue.js with Service Layer and Repository patterns. Engineered a Jira-style project management system and automated reporting engines to track real-time performance of marketing tasks. Ensured reliability of asynchronous tasks via Laravel Queues and CI/CD pipeline supervision.
Software Engineer (Junior) at Stack Builders
November 1, 2021 - June 1, 2022
Backend development with Ruby on Rails, leveraging Active Record for scalable datasets. Contributed to software quality with automated tests (RSpec backend, Jest frontend).

Education

BSc in Computer Science at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2020

Qualifications

GitHub Copilot Certification
July 1, 2025 - May 12, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services