Martin Rist is a Senior Product Engineer with 13+ years’ experience delivering production-grade software across mobile, backend and cloud platforms, currently based in Exeter. A first-class mathematician from Oxford, he blends deep engineering craft—iOS/Swift, Java, Python and AWS—with product-level thinking developed through early roles in solution architecture and professional services leadership. He helped evolve the UK Met Office app to serve over a million daily users and contributed to award-winning weather software, while also rebuilding critical enterprise features for clients like MoneySavingExpert and William Grant & Sons. Comfortable switching between mobile front-ends and server-side systems, he’s known for improving build and test pipelines, introducing static analysis, and leading cross-skilling and community initiatives. Passionate about privacy and ethical coding, he seeks roles that deepen his iOS and Swift expertise while leveraging his proven ability to tame complex, high-traffic products.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MA Hons, Mathematics, 1st Class, MA Hons, Mathematics, 1st Class at Merton College, University of Oxford
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