Martin Macharia is a Senior Product Engineer based in Hamburg with 8 years of experience building scalable backend and full‑stack systems across industries from banking and healthcare to web3 and construction. He combines hands‑on engineering—contributing to notable open‑source projects like the Lisk SDK—with technical leadership, driving architecture, API design (REST/GraphQL) and AWS‑native infrastructure. Known for reducing technical debt and improving platform performance, he has a track record of shipping greenfield projects (IoT integrations, blockchain protocol work) and guiding cross-functional teams toward measurable outcomes. A fast learner and effective communicator, Martin pairs pragmatic problem solving with a collaborative leadership style that accelerates product delivery.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (Information Technology), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (Information Technology), Software Engineering at RMIT University
Contributions:280 reviews, 75 commits, 73 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Martin primarily focused on the development of the Lisk SDK, specifically adding functionalities for transaction parameter files. They added file flag and functionality to upload a transaction parameter file, and also implemented unit tests for these functionalities. Furthermore, the user refactored the related functionalities.
Contributions:12 PRs, 65 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 9 months
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Martin Macharia - Senior Product Engineer at REMATIQ