Manuel Martinez

I’m a Director of Engineering with 12+ years of experience leading high-performing engineering teams, scaling organizations, and delivering measurable business outcomes.Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to:Lead a department of 30+ engineers, managers, and architects across global, distributed teamsDeliver features and platforms that directly impacted revenue and retention, including $3M+ ARR from enterprise integrations and a 25% reduction in infrastructure costsImprove organizational performance by boosting sprint attainment, cutting PR cycle times, and reducing support triage-to-ready lead timesMy leadership style is situational, with a preference for servant and democratic leadership. I believe in creating cultures of accountability, transparency, and respect, where team members feel included and empowered. I’m passionate about mentoring and developing future leaders—several of my ICs have grown into management roles.At my core, I love helping teams deliver value faster, build better products, and grow as people.Technical SkillsCloud, DevOps and Tools: AWS, Jenkins, SonarQube, Veracode, LaunchDarkly, PagerDuty, New Relic, Sumo Logic, CI/CD, Grafana, Docker, Kubernetes, Github Co Pilot, Microsoft Co Pilot, ChatGPT, Claude Code, VSCodeLanguages and Frameworks: Python, JavaScript, AngularJS, PHP , Ruby on Rails, HTML / CSS, Selenium, RobotFramework, ReactDatastores: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MariaDB, RedisVersion Control: Git, SVN