Laura Martínez - Senior Technical Writer

Hi there! I'm Laura Martínez.

A globalSenior Technical Writer🌍

Based in Barcelona.

About me.

I'm a tech journalist turned technical writer.

A business journalist's desk with a laptop showing a tech news article, notebook and press lanyard

I used to write for tech publications like:

Now I do it for tech companies.

I still write about technology and software. And I still keep it accurate, yet somehow plain and clear enough that you don't need a PhD or a CS degree to follow along.

I am also:

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Experience as a TW.

I joined as the second Technical Writer for API & integrations. I'm making our API docs work for less technical users too, and I'm one of the first writers here moving to docs-as-code and building AI agents into how we work.

You'll find my achievements from this role under Core principles.

Skills unlocked

  • Developer documentation
  • API specialization
  • Docs as code
  • Agentic documentation

Tools

  • Docs-as-code
  • Markdown
  • XML
  • AI agents
  • Agentic coding
  • Azure DevOps
  • Git
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Microsoft ecosystem

I eventually became Personio's first-ever Senior Technical Writer on a team of 10. I stayed the only Senior for 2+ years. That meant shaping how we worked, getting our first AI automations off the ground, and speaking up for the docs team in leadership meetings.

You'll find my achievements from this role under Core principles.

Skills unlocked

  • Business acumen
  • Content strategy
  • Information architecture
  • Data-driven decision-making

Tools

  • Tableau
  • Claude
  • Langdock
  • Clueso
  • Phrase
  • Figma
  • Miro

I joined as one of the founding Technical Writers and watched the company grow like crazy, from 300 to nearly 2,000 employees in 3 years, becoming one of Germany's most valuable SaaS unicorns ($8.5B).

You'll find my achievements from this role under Core principles.

Skills unlocked

  • Everyday user documentation
  • Cross-team collaboration
  • Startup velocity

Tools

  • Jira
  • Zendesk
  • Confluence
  • Notion
  • Smartling
  • Google ecosystem

Core principles as a TW.

Click a principle to see how I've put it into practice.

Writing samples.

Personal projects.

  • Laptop with a code editor and an AI chat panel side by side, lit in pink

    This portfolio

    I use this portfolio as a playground for vibe-coding and AI-assisted creation.

    • Vibe-coding
    • AI
    • v0 by Vercel
    • GitHub
    • Claude
  • Four women laughing around a cafe table with open books, a laptop and coffee

    A book club for women in tech

    I run Barcelona’s first book club for women in tech.

    • Founder
    • Community building
    • Women in tech
    • Events
    • Branding