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Joel Martinez - Orlando, FL. - Principal Software Engineering Manager with 20+ years across developer tooling, AI, cloud, and mobile. Led 'Ask Learn' and Microsoft Q&A at Microsoft, built Xamarin docs tools and About.com apps; plus experience in finance, insurance, and game development industries. Open source contributor and speaker.

Experience

Microsoft

Principal Software Engineering Manager
Sep 2021 - Present, Orlando, FL (Remote)

  • Shipped integrated Microsoft For Startups experience in the Azure Portal (July 2025)
  • Shipped "Ask Learn" for Microsoft Copilot for Azure (Ignite 2023)
  • Shipped AI Powered Q&A Assist (Build 2023, GA Oct 2023)
  • Led greenfield rewrite of Microsoft Q&A (Jan 2023, zero downtime)

Senior Software Engineer
Jul 2016 - Sep 2021, Orlando, FL

  • Migrated managed API docs to docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api using mdoc
  • Tech lead, owning overall API pipelines and docs search team
  • Piloted Azure Search cognitive features with docs index

Xamarin

Software Engineer
Aug 2013 - Jun 2016

  • Built CMS for Xamarin’s developer portal with GitHub
  • Maintained Mono's documentation tools (monodoc, mdoc)
  • Company acquired by Microsoft

About.com

Lead Mobile Application Developer
Sep 2011 - Aug 2013

  • Developed caloriecount.com mobile apps (Android, iOS)
  • Launched Calorie Camp, boost engagement and health outcomes

FlatRedBall LLC

Captain
Feb 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Developed Xbox and Windows Phone games in C#

Credit Agricole CIB / SetClear

Senior Engineer / Development Manager
Mar 2007 - Aug 2011

  • Designed and Built trade processing systems (ASP.NET MVC, BizTalk, MQ)
  • High volume, millions of dollars of trades settled per day

Other Experience

  • SiTEL (Contractor): Video integration in XNA training apps (2008)
  • G-Trade: Trade Settlement Tools (2006–2007)
  • Wee Beastie (Contractor): Video rendering prototypes for XBox (2007)
  • Community MX: Co-Founder, CMS and tech writing (2002–2006)
  • Electronic Arts: Internal content and audio tools for Superman Returns game (2004–2006)
  • PayPal / ASPSoft: Consultant roles (2003–2004)
  • Workable Solutions: Billing processor systems (2000–2003)
  • Convergys: Tech Support (2000)

Skills

  • Languages: C#, F#, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, KQL
  • Frameworks/Tools: .NET, ASP.NET MVC, WCF, Xamarin, XNA
  • Platforms: Azure, Windows, Mac, GitHub
  • Other: Team Management, Public Speaking, Agile

Publications

  • C# 5 First Look – Packt Publishing, 2012
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic – New Riders, 2003
  • ASP.NET Development with Dreamweaver MX: Visual QuickPro Guide – Peachpit Press, 2002

Open Source

  • Chloroplast (Static Site Generator, Wilderness Labs)
  • Mono Doc Tools (MDOC)

Volunteer

  • Orlando .NET User Group (ONETUG) Founder & President (2001–2005)

Interests

  • Game Development
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Open Source
  • Mentoring Developers