James Martinez
Engineering at Resend
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolJames Martinez is an engineering leader and serial founder with 13 years of experience building developer-focused products and communities from Austin. He founded Mergent (YC S21), which was acquired by Resend in 2025, and now contributes to engineering there after a decade of hands-on product and leadership roles. Previously he scaled iOS Developers HQ to 41k+ members and led mobile and managing teams at thoughtbot and IDEO, blending product design sensibilities with robust engineering execution. His background in computer engineering and repeated founder exits reflect a pragmatic, user-centered approach to shipping developer tools and platforms. An operator who oscillates between building community, shipping code, and running companies, he’s as comfortable leading teams as he is diving into product-level technical tradeoffs.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Spring 2021, Spring 2021 at Y CombinatorComputer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Github Skills (140)
testing10
test-framework10
hybrid10
browser10
bdd10
intellij-plugin10
compiler10
swift10
sqlite10
jetbrains-ides10
static-site-generator10
xcode10
tdd10
ssg10
nodejs10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
jamescmartinez/nginx-s3-upload
Mar 2015 - Dec 2016
S3 file upload proxy using Nginx, complete with AWS authentication.
Contributions:4 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 year 8 months
authenticationawsfile-uploadnginxproxy
jamescmartinez/dotfiles
Jan 2013 - Dec 2022
Contributions:309 commits, 152 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years
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