I'm an Engineering Leader, Product Engineer, and Senior Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience building product software at the intersection of engineering, product, and people.

My work combines technical depth, product thinking, and people-first leadership. I’ve led remote teams, shaped technical direction, built systems end-to-end, and stayed hands-on across backend, platform, product development, and delivery.

These days, I’m especially interested in AI-native product development: using AI not just to write code faster, but to improve the full path from ideation and product definition to technical proposals, scope slicing, implementation, testing, and production.

• Co-Founder & Product Engineer at Avenida — building the product and owning the engineering side end-to-end in close collaboration with Product.
• Mentor at MentorCruise — helping engineers grow in backend development, system design, leadership, and career development.
• Writer & Playbook Builder — sharing practical ideas on engineering leadership, delivery, and the human side of technology through my blog and public playbooks.

• Building useful products with strong end-to-end ownership
• Designing pragmatic systems that stay maintainable over time
• Creating healthy engineering environments with clarity, trust, and sustainable execution
• Helping teams navigate ambiguity through product thinking, good trade-offs, and better ways of working
• Exploring AI-native workflows for modern software and product development

• Backend: Elixir, Phoenix, Ruby, Rails, Python
• Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, React Native
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Infra & Delivery: AWS, Docker, CI/CD, observability
• Currently exploring more deeply: AI-assisted workflows, product development systems, developer experience

• Product engineering and building from 0→1
• Engineering leadership, mentoring, and team growth
• Backend architecture, APIs, delivery, and maintainable systems
• AI-native product development and workflow design
• Remote-first collaboration and sustainable execution

• Email: hi@dreamingecho.es
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ivan-gonzalez-saiz
• Website: dreamingecho.es
• Resume: dreamingecho.es/cv
• Playbooks: dreamingecho.es/playbooks

• What The Egg Can Teach Us About Building Software
• Career Grief: The Professional Endings That Still Hurt
• Technology Should Serve Lives, Not Just Metrics
• Leading Without Forcing Alignment in AI-Accelerated Teams
• Aftermath Over Delivery: What Teams Skip After Shipping