Martin Buhr
CEO And Founder at Tyk
Hibiscus and Bays, Auckland, New Zealand
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Top SchoolMartin Buhr is a founder and CEO with 12 years of experience building developer-focused platforms, best known as the original author and co-founder of Tyk, a leading open-source full lifecycle API management platform. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, he blends hands-on engineering (a proud Go enthusiast) with product and technology strategy, having led teams across startups and agencies. Martin has a track record of shipping performant, compact infrastructure that runs cloud, hybrid and on-prem, and has repeatedly turned side projects into production-grade tooling. His background spans product leadership, technical architecture, and R&D in areas like API design, rate limiting, and scalable analytics. Earlier ventures include founding Jively Ltd and Euro-Freelancer, where he drove end-to-end development, ops and go-to-market work. Comfortable both in code and the boardroom, he brings practical engineering rigor to product roadmap and platform decisions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
St. Julians SchoolMSc International Management, MSc International Management at King's College LondonBSc Psychology, BSc Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London
German
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Github Skills (149)
apim10
api-management10
reverse-proxy10
authentication10
microservices10
k8s10
operator10
docker-build10
kubernetes-operator10
docker-compose10
compose10
kubernetes-deployment10
proxy-authentication10
api10
rest10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
TykTechnologies/openid2go
Apr 2016 - Nov 2019
Golang implementation of OpenId based authentication with middleware and sample packages.
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 3 years 7 months
golangopenidauthorizationauthenticationmiddleware
lonelycode/yzma
Sep 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:16 commits, 4 pushes in 5 months
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