Martin Kleppmann
Cambridge associate professor; author of Designing Data-Intensive Applications.
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- Martin Kleppmann is an associate professor at the University of Cambridge, working on local-first collaboration software and distributed systems security.
- He wrote Designing Data-Intensive Applications; its second edition, with Chris Riccomini, appeared in 2026.
- He is one of the people behind Automerge.
- Before research he co-founded Rapportive, which LinkedIn bought in 2012.
Key facts
- Now
- Associate professor, University of Cambridge (as of November 2026)1
- Research posts
- Research fellow, University of Cambridge, 2015 to 2022; TU Munich, 2022 to 20231
- Book
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications (2nd edition with Chris Riccomini, 2026)1
- Startups
- Co-founded Go Test It (bought by Red Gate Software, 2009) and Rapportive (bought by LinkedIn, 2012)1
- Open source
- Automerge1
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