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