The Martians

Meet our team of talented professionals. Highly-skilled people trained to deliver excellence both on the coding side and in the delivery of the project.

Javier Artero

Tech Lead
Javier is a seasoned web designer that has spent years teaching the marvels of frontend development & design. His biggest challenges now are including wow-inducing animations everywhere & playing Overwatch.

Jordi Vendrell

Founder & COO
Librarian turned into web developer. Jordi runs operations & financials at MarsBased. He is also in charge of putting quality and order in everything we do, not only in our projects. He's the Samurai of the company.

Leire Oiarbide

Head of People Operations
After having coordinated an international network, Leire combines her passion for human processes and remote places with trekking, especially in the green Basque mountains, where she comes from.

Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit

Founder & CEO
Developer who transitioned to the dark side: business development. Currently in charge of growth & strategy, by creating problems and then solving them. Guinness World Record in completing Day of the Tentacle in three hours.

Jose Luis Estébanez

Full-stack developer
JL had been working for us for some years as a freelancer, before we eventually convinced him to join the light side of the force. You will see him in extreme sports competitions when he is not coding in literally all the languages we work with.

Xavier Redó

Founder & CTO
Responsible for architecture and development. He's the one to blame for our techstack (Ruby on Rails, Angular, React, Node.js, Python) and the one to be thanked as well. One of the very few developers with social skills we know.

David Gómez

Full-stack developer
David is a Ruby enthusiast that abandoned old-school consulting looking for a new challenge: to become the Street Fighter champion at MarsBased. He’s a Real Madrid fan, but nobody’s perfect.

Elisabet Renom

People Operations
Eli is a seasoned startup enthusiast managing many fronts in the internal operations of the Martian Spaceship. That, and we've heard that she bakes the best cakes in the entire universe!

Juan Artero

Tech Lead
Separated at birth from his brother Javier, he has now reunited with his frontend counterpart. If they should ever decide to merge in real life, they would become the ultimate full-stack developer every company wants to hire.

Carlos López

Tech Lead
Carlos is the second Martian to come out of Murcia. Based in Pamplona, now, he joined our ranks in late 2019 to strengthen our JavaScript team and is working now in the project of the second biggest football club in the world.

Laura Fariña

Full-stack developer
Introduced into the technology world by her father since she was a baby, Laura wanted to be a “videogame creator” when she grown up. She ended becoming a software developer and hasn’t lost her love for videogames.

Cristina Palomares

Project Manager
Cristina loves designer brands but also plumbing and home repairs. She loves baking cakes but she does not eat sugar. Quite the person of opposites. Will she also love React when she starts meddling with frontend technologies?

José Antonio Fernández

Tech Lead
We have José Malaca and José from Málaga. He gave joy to hundreds when he used to work at a phone store. Now he codes in JavaScript, but the thing we value the most is that he still watches Pokémon every Saturday morning.

José Miguel Malaca

Backend developer
A biker mouse dad from Mars with code inside his veins. José enjoys a good red wine and has Ruby & Rails close to his heart. He is riding to become a cool web engineer delivering bugs always up-to-date and on time.

Alejandro Bringas

Backend developer
After many years feeding people, he swapped his knives for a computer. The coding world has always been one of his biggest interests. He joined our team of developers to add new recipes to the MarsBased cookbook.

Pablo Rivera

Tech Lead
Besides having mastered Ruby and JavaScript at length, Pablo is also able to communicate in real-life languages. He even wrote his own bio in Japanese to prove it to all of us: 私の会社の僚友はめっちゃバカだよ!

Juan Salvador

Engineering Manager
Writing code for more than 20 years, the last 8 in React & Rails. Sports lover: loves walking along the seashore on summer & in the forest during autumn. Proud owner of an avocado orchard.

Mateo Santos

Full-stack developer
Mateo has a long story with computers. He started with a spectrum 128k and has always worked remotely before everyone else did. He also became a Crossfit instructor and has a little Golden Retriever called Chancla.

Marta Armada

UI Developer
Marta is a UI developer who wrangles CSS like a pro and adores cats—because both demand patience, precision, and the occasional treat.

Enrique Esquinas

Backend Developer
Enrique is the third Asturian member of the team, though born in Málaga. After a career in filmmaking and VFX, he switched to programming in 2016. Passionate about traveling and alternative lifestyles, he enjoys knot-tying, pádel, sailing, and motorcycling.

David Cajal

Marketer & Podcast Co-Host
The internet has always been his jungle. He built a YouTube channel with 780K subscribers, filmed a video with Chris Pratt, and was preselected for the Goya Awards. He loves dinosaurs, practices kickboxing, and sings in several metal bands.

Juan Pablo Avello

Backend Developer
Originally from Asturias, Xuan has been crafting web apps with Ruby on Rails for over 15 years, turning ideas into clean and reliable code. Now orbiting with the Martian crew, he enjoys hiking when the skies behave, doing CrossFit regularly, and being a proud full-time dad to a very active three-year-old.

Mateja Jermanis

Project Manager
With a solid background in product and project management, Mate loves bringing order to chaos, leading cross-functional teams across industries, and turning complex challenges into clear, actionable steps. Off duty, she’s into traditional and digital art, languages, and reading.

Víctor Vilardell

Frontend Developer
Frontend developer since 2008, with roots in accessibility and CSS, and more recently focused on React, Vue, and Next.js, Víctor loves working in good teams and creating great vibes. When he’s not coding, he’s into mountain walks with his daughter and board games that make your brain hurt!

Anna Vidal

Frontend Developer
Anna landed in the frontend world by chance, but quickly became a fan of clean HTML and well-crafted CSS. She works mainly with React and Next.js, and has a strong opinion against “divi-itis” and desktop-first designs. When she’s not coding, you’ll likely find her digging through secondhand bookshops, baking cheesecakes, or listening to The Cranberries on repeat.

Rodrigo Recoba

Project Manager
Rodrigo has over 10 years of experience in software development, mainly as a Product Owner and formerly as a QA Tester. He’s passionate about data, communication, and cross-functional teamwork. Outside of work, he’s a father of four, a music lover, and curious about AI and behavioural psychology.

Do you want to join our team?

100% remote

Our company is 100% remote by default.
You choose to work at the time of the day you are more productive.

Office material

We cover the costs of your office material, such as a laptop, a desk, a secondary screen, a chair, a keyboard, etc.

Training & learning

We have different initiatives to support your professional growth, skill development, and language learning.

Martian Days

Every few months, we meet in Barcelona for our company get-together. Once per year, we do a company retreat to enjoy a few days in a different environment.

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Stuff we like

🏖️ Company retreats
🎮 Geeky stuff
🥎 Healthy habits
🤙🏻 Respect & good vibes
👩🏻‍🎤 Karaoke

Stuff we dislike

😰 Working long shifts
🦠 Bad code
☠️ Toxic people
📆 Weeks full of meetings
💩 Bullshit
I've been working with MarsBased for several years and have hired them for multiple companies. They're well known for their technical expertise, but their knowledge in business is also excellent! They've been my Business-Intelligence-as-a-Service for many years and they will for years to come.
Nacho González-Barros
Nacho González-Barros
Founder @ MailSuite

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