Martin Kleppmann
Associate Professor
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Martin Kleppmann is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge and a leading researcher in distributed systems, focusing on local-first software, CRDTs, decentralised protocols, privacy, scalability, and formal verification. He is the author of the best-selling book Designing Data-Intensive Applications, widely praised by practitioners and cited as required reading by senior industry technologists. With 21 years of experience across academia and industry, he co-founded Rapportive, worked on large-scale data systems at LinkedIn, and advises startups and enterprises on architecture and open-source strategy. His open-source contributions span projects from Apache Avro and change-data-capture tooling to CRDT implementations like Automerge, reflecting deep hands-on expertise in serialization, data integration, and conflict resolution. Trained at Cambridge (BA/MA, PhD) and with a background in music composition, he brings a rare combination of rigorous formal thinking, practical engineering, and an eye for clear technical communication.
21 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Composition, Composition at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and DramaBachelor of Arts / Master of Arts (Cantab) Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts / Master of Arts (Cantab) Computer Science at University of Cambridge
English, German, French
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Github Skills (39)
algorithm10
algorithms10
avro10
javascript10
postgresql10
jquery10
data-serialization10
c1110
ui-design10
data-structure10
java10
serialization10
c1710
ruby10
javas10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
confluentinc/bottledwater-pg
Dec 2014 - Aug 2017
Change data capture from PostgreSQL into Kafka
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:112 commits, 17 PRs, 31 pushes in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Martin focused on developing features for a change data capture (CDC) system, specifically for PostgreSQL. They implemented functionality to export database tables into Avro data files, converting Postgres data types to their Avro equivalents. The commits demonstrate the integration of Avro with PostgreSQL, including schema generation and binary data processing. Furthermore, the user created functions for schema retrieval and table export, showcasing a focus on database integration.
warehousesingerdebeziumchange-data-capturedata-capture
apache/avro
Apr 2013 - Jan 2016
Apache Avro is a data serialization system.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 1 comment in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Martin contributed to the Apache Avro project, focusing on Java and Ruby codebases. Their work included fixing issues in Java's `AvroMultipleOutputs` for Hadoop, and implementing Deflate codec support and fixing data file corruption issues in Ruby. They also addressed C code for correct EOF handling in data files. The contributions showcase a strong understanding of data serialization, codecs, and file formats.
avrobigdatadotnetpythonrust
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