Francisco Martinez is a Staff Software Engineer and designer based in Chicago with 11 years of experience building modern web products and shipping end-to-end solutions for startups and agencies. He blends strong front-end design sensibilities from a BFA in Media Arts and Animation with deep hands-on engineering, having held senior and lead roles at companies like 3STEP Sports, Pie, and Accenture Interactive. As a long-running freelance contractor since 2012, he pairs client-facing product design with scalable engineering execution, making him comfortable across product, UX, and platform concerns. Recently promoted into staff-level roles at Pie and Metopio, he focuses on bridging design and engineering to accelerate delivery and improve developer experience. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture choices and thoughtful UI craftsmanship—a combination rooted in his background as a designer/animator turned software engineer.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Media Arts and Animation, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Media Arts and Animation at The Illinois Institute of Art
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Francisco Martinez - Staff Software Engineer at Freelance Contractor