Summary
Ignacio Faustmann is a tech lead with a decade of experience building web-first products and leading engineering teams across startups and enterprise clients in the Greater Madrid area. He combines hands-on full-stack development (React/Next, Node, Java Spring Boot, PostgreSQL) with product strategy and DevOps experience, having served as CTO of a SaaS HR platform and now leading tech at a hyper-vertical automotive scaleup. His international education and teaching stints (UC Santa Cruz, Tampere) inform a pragmatic, cross-cultural approach to product development and team coaching. A founder of a restaurant digital ordering startup and an active member of the Nova Talent network, he blends entrepreneurial drive with strong stakeholder and delivery skills. Notably, he pairs technical passion for systems-level languages like C with business management training, making him comfortable at the intersection of engineering, product and go-to-market execution.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Engineering/Industrial Management, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Engineering/Industrial Management at Tampere University of Technology 1965-2018
University of California Santa Cruz
Técnico Superior en Actividades Físicas y Animación Deportiva, Técnico Superior en Actividades Físicas y Animación Deportiva at Colegio Gredos San Diego
Charles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Ingeniería de caminos, Ingeniería, Ingeniería de caminos, Ingeniería at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
AI & Machine Learning, AI & Machine Learning at Saturdays.AI
French, english (97 toefl), finés, Spanish