About

Hi, I’m Abimael Martell, a senior software engineer based in Tijuana, Mexico. I’m a Member of Technical Staff at Firecrawl (YC S22), where I build data processing infrastructure and developer tools that power AI-driven search and retrieval at scale.

What I build

I work across the full stack, from Rust native modules and TypeScript services to Python ML pipelines and Kubernetes deployments. At Firecrawl I own core data processing systems, designing queue architectures for fair job scheduling, optimizing inference throughput, and hardening production reliability. I also contribute to SDKs, CLI tooling, and frontend.

My day-to-day stack: TypeScript, Rust, Go, Python, Postgres, ClickHouse, Kubernetes.

Background

I’ve spent 13+ years as an early engineer at startups, often as the first or second hire. I have a track record of joining small teams, building technical foundations from scratch, and shipping products that led to acquisitions and funding rounds. I’ve worked across fintech, IoT, real-time data, and e-commerce, always focused on building systems that scale.

Open source

I love contributing to open source — projects, libraries, whatever my work or curiosity leads me to. There’s a bit of everything on my GitHub: a few things of my own, a few from Firecrawl, and community projects I like helping out with.

Outside work

Life is busy and fun with my wife and kids. Away from the keyboard I’m usually recording music, brewing pour-overs at home, hunting for the best cortado in town, shooting photos, or cycling around the city. Our family is active in our local church community, and we love playing local tourists across Baja.

Let’s connect

I’m always open to interesting engineering challenges and conversations. Drop me a line or connect on LinkedIn.