Who I am

I’m a passionate hacker with over 10 years of experience in Developer Relations, thriving at the intersection of technology, community, and creativity.
With experience in startups, scale-ups and enterprises, I’ve built APIs, integrations, and ecosystems while fostering developer communities and enhancing developer experiences.
In Barcelona, I founded HackBarna, a thriving hackathon community that hosted a successful event with 60+ hackers and the support of leading tech companies.

Skills & Abilities

  • Node
  • React
  • NextJS
  • Tailwind
  • Looker
  • Retool
  • OpenAPI
  • API Design
  • Documentation
  • Workshop
  • Public Speaking
  • Livecoding

Where I have worked

Developer Advocate

March 2018 - Present
San Francisco, CA | Barcelona, Spain
  • Expanded the app ecosystem to over 10,000 apps by onboarding developers and supporting their integrations.
  • Managed the developer portal and blog, coordinating a pipeline of posts from internal and external contributors.
  • Improved the developer onboarding experience, including redesigning the webhook developer journey.
  • Built, shipped, and maintained strategic integrations with platforms like Intercom, Aircall, and Slack.
  • Established the Sales Engineering function by collaborating with Account Executives to prepare technical insights, create end-to-end demos, craft custom solutions, respond to RFPs, and support deal closures, ensuring smooth customer onboarding.
  • Organized webinars and developed partnerships through Partner Engineering, fostering collaboration with external developers.
  • Contributed directly to product development by adding features and fixing bugs in the core product.
  • Delivered special projects and Proof of Concept initiatives, including custom Typeform GPT.

Developer Advocate

June 2016 - March 2018
San Francisco, CA
  • Gave talks and workshops at conferences and meetups, sharing knowledge about integrating 3scale API Management technologies with Red Hat’s middleware and cloud solutions.
  • Created and organized API Escape Room event during Red Hat Summit 2017.

Developer Advocate

April 2013 - March 2018
San Francisco, CA | Barcelona, Spain
  • Represented 3scale as an advocate for APIs, sharing best practices and showcasing the product at meetups, conferences, and community events worldwide.
  • Organized and contributed to events such as APIStrat Conference, API Meetup Barcelona, and SpeedHack Hackathon, fostering collaboration and innovation within the API community.
  • Partnered with the API Evangelist (Kin Lane) to co-create the open API discovery format apis.json and its associated API search engine, apis.io.
  • Authored blog posts demonstrating the potential of APIs, providing insights, tutorials, and creative use cases to inspire developers and businesses.

Developer Evangelist (contract)

January 2013 - July 2013
Europe
  • Developed and maintained the Mailjet API documentation, SDKs, and client libraries.
  • Organized and spoke at events, meetups, and hackathons to promote the Mailjet API and educate developers on email best practices.

Software Engineer

July 2011 - June 2012
Menlo Park, CA
  • Developed Facebook applications using Ruby on Rails for the leading digital incentive solution.
  • Designed and implemented an anti-fraud system, resulting in a patented solution.
  • Conducted prototyping and research to explore new features and integrate partner solutions.

Software Engineer

2010 - 2010
MKGSi
Shanghai, China
  • Developed the Facebook application Singe Vert, an interactive game where users adopt an intelligent monkey that guesses what they are thinking.
  • Utilized PHP, MySQL, Facebook API, and FBML to create and deploy the application.

Research intern

Summer 2009
Moncton, Canada
  • Interned at the GRETI Lab, researching the “Impact of P2P traffic on the QoS of ISP.”
  • Designed and developed a tool in C++ to analyze network traffic under various constraints.
  • Conducted experiments and gathered insights to study the effects of P2P traffic on ISP quality of service.

Software Engineer

2009 - 2010
eFinder
Shanghai, China
  • Developed the first version of EFINDER’s website, the first lost and found recovery service in China, using Joomla.
  • Designed and implemented the tag system, including a unique ID algorithm to link tags to user accounts.
  • Built features to declare items as lost or found, facilitating connections between finders and owners.
  • Customized Joomla to create a seamless and secure platform for recovering lost items.

Projects

During hackathon organized by Generalitat de Catalunya, built a simple RAG web app to help citizens navigate the administrative procedures. Describe your profile and the app will show you the benefits you might be eligible for.

Aina TTS + STT, Mistral completion, Mistral Embedding, NextJS, Tailwind
v0 for own design system

During internal hackathon, built an Assistant replicating the v0 experience to create UI based on the company’s design system. Assistant knowledge is automatically Sync with Storybook stories. Shows the generated snippet and a preview of the component. Also accepts link from Figma.

NextJS, OpenAI Assistant, Storybook, Figma API
v0 for own design system

Instacaption.io is a web app I built in 2023 for the Decibel.VC hackathon to simplify and enhance Instagram caption creation. The app uses cutting-edge AI technologies to analyze uploaded pictures, extract relevant keywords with CLIP models, and generate creative captions using GPT-3.5. Users can customize the output based on different criteria, making the tool versatile for various tones and contexts.

GPT 3.5, Replicate, NextJS, Tailwind

Community Projects

June 2024

Organized the first AI hackathon in Barcelona in June 2024. 300 applications, 60 selected hackers, 18 projects presented.

Event supported by Hugging Face, Mistral, Algolia, Replexica, Hookdeck, eDreams ODIGEO and InnoIT.

Working on a second edition for Mobile World Congress 2025.

DrinkEntrepreneurs is a laid back monthly event where entrepreneurs enjoy hanging out with fellow hackers and startupers.

Events are happening in 60+ cities in more than 10 countries.

Hosted San Francisco and Barcelona chapters while coordinating with the global network.