Summary
Martin Joiner is a Lead Integrations Developer with 13 years of experience designing and maintaining multi-language, distributed systems that connect products to third-party and partner ecosystems. Based in Bristol, he leads teams delivering robust integrations and routinely introduces new languages and projects after acquisitions, turning fragmented systems into cohesive platforms. He started as a freelance full-stack developer and creator of a long-running niche site (openmicfinder.com), which demonstrates his ability to prototype bold ideas, harden services against attacks, and operate features in production at scale. Martin favors simplifying unnecessary complexity in inherently complex architectures, often rescuing stalled or poorly documented projects and making integration flows transparent to human operators. His background spans API-first PHP/Symfony and Laravel work, front-end data visualisation, and pragmatic UX-driven engineering. He combines hands-on coding with team leadership and a track record of shipping dependable integration surfaces across commercial and hobby projects.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Fine and Studio Arts, Bachelor's Degree Fine and Studio Arts at Somerset College of Art & Technology (University of Plymouth)
Bachelor's Degree Computing Informatics, Bachelor's Degree Computing Informatics at University of Plymouth