Oscar Martínez is a senior software engineer with 12+ years of hands-on experience building zero-to-one products and shaping engineering foundations at early-stage startups. Currently hire #2 at Handraise, he architects end-to-end backend systems in Python, Rust, and Go, specializes in scalable APIs and GraphQL, and has led migrations that cut response times by roughly 60%. He pairs backend performance work with enough React/Vue and design-system experience to ship full features independently in small teams. Oscar has led engineering and hiring practices at multiple startups and contributed front-end improvements to open-source projects like a Jekyll Material Design theme. Based in Bogotá, he brings a pragmatic mix of product-minded engineering, operational discipline, and a track record of delivering high-impact optimizations for thousands of daily users.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniero En Sistemas Y Tecnologias De La Informacion, Sistemas, Ingeniero En Sistemas Y Tecnologias De La Informacion, Sistemas at Universidad Centroamericana, Managua
A Jekyll theme based in Google Material Design Lite library.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:12 releases, 97 commits, 33 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Oscar primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Jekyll theme. Their work involved setting up the project, modifying layouts, and integrating the Material Design Lite library. The user also focused on enhancing the user interface by improving the layout of post lists, adding share buttons, and incorporating search functionality. These changes aimed to improve the theme's overall design and user experience.
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Oscar Martínez - Founding Engineer - Hire 2 at Handraise