Summary
Salvador Martínez is a Principal Engineer based in Barcelona with 10 years of experience evolving from Java backend developer to full‑stack generalist and, more recently, cybersecurity engineer. At ThoughtWorks he has progressed through senior and lead roles into principal-level work, combining hands-on delivery with team leadership, mentoring, and training responsibilities. He prioritizes building psychologically safe teams and aligning engineering practices to clear business outcomes rather than chasing technical perfection. Salvador blends pragmatic engineering judgment with a knack for out-of-the-box thinking and unpopular but effective opinions that spark better solutions. His background spans agile delivery, developer coaching, and secure systems thinking, giving him a rare bridge between software craftsmanship and cyber risk reduction. Outside work he’s a gamer and metal fan—small signals that inform his creative, contrarian approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Ingeniería Informática, Ingeniería Informática at Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Spanish, catalan-valencian, English