Max D.

Max D.

Senior Software Engineer

Vienna, Austria
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About Me

I am a young and skilled Software Developer with 3+ years of expertise in Frontend/Backend technologies, best practices, design patterns, UI/UX technologies, and database technologies. Specialized in building products with a great user experience, I enjoy iterating with people from the product side to build awesome experiences together.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Software Engineer
2018 - Present (6 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

YOUSURE Tarifvergleich GmbH
YOUSURE Tarifvergleich GmbH
Senior Software Engineer
2019 - Present (5 years)
Vienna, Austria
  • Worked on the redesign/rewrite of Austria’s leading price comparison platform for insurance, utilities and phone plans.

  • Researched several solutions and built a proof of concept for a visual testing suite.

  • Explored new solutions and communicated concepts for an appointment booking tool to relevant stakeholders.

3-S-IT Dienstleistungen GmbH
3-S-IT Dienstleistungen GmbH
Software Engineer
2019 - 2019
Austria
  • Worked with and led a junior developer to implement a Node/React/Redux-based user management portal for the client.

  • Designed, documented and coordinated the implementation of a REST API with 3-S IT's external partner.

  • Introduced and implemented extensive unit and integration test suite (0% -> 80%+ test coverage) on the solution.

Vaamo Finanz AG
Vaamo Finanz AG
Software Engineer
2016 - 2019 (3 years)
Frankfurt, Germany
  • Provided guidance and expertise for the development of new features, and improved the old features of an end customer-facing robo-advice platform.

  • Worked on a major redesign of the customer's service to fulfill regulatory needs by MIFID II.

  • Provided full stack expertise for multiple features on the platform through automated password reset, investment strategy change, address and master data change.

Zeb Consulting
Zeb Consulting
Student Assistant
2014 - 2016 (2 years)
Munster, Germany
  • Actively participated in the automation of an extensive manual test suite, achieving a consistent automation rate of 80%+ on the test suite.

  • Efficiently reduced the test cycle time before huge releases from about a month to less than a week, leading to faster releases.

  • Templatized the reusable parts of the test suite to increase the velocity for building new tests within the company.

Contelligence GmbH
Contelligence GmbH
Student Assistant
2014 - 2014
Munster, Germany
  • Developed an automated test suite to undertake an acceptance test on a web application within the company.

  • Implemented an algorithm to detect malleable transactions on Contelligence's Bitcoin blockchain platform.

  • Successfully reduced the manual search time for a research task by a week by building a web crawler.

Portfolio

Full Stack Developer/Net Worth Tracker
Full Stack Developer/Net Worth Tracker

Coming from iOS I felt like a Net Worth Tracker that does what I need was missing on Android, so I built it in my freetime. Took part in every stage of this project, from concept, development to publishing, being able to determine the correct execution approach and define the configuration strategy. This app enables users to make entries that help them track their net worth over time. It also shows a small graph that allows them see the development of their financial situation. Technologies used: Kotlin, Android SDK, Dagger 2, Room (Wrapper for SQLite).

Technical Lead/Prototype for a Job Search platform

Translated the business requirement of the founders into a workable prototype for their business. Provided technical expertise for the whole technology stack on this project. Followed the correct working methods, procedures, tools, and identified areas of improvement where needed. Technologies used in Project: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, nginx, AWS

Full Stack Developer/Informaticup 2015
Full Stack Developer/Informaticup 2015

Worked as part of a three-student team at the Informaticup 2015. The challenge was to determine the relevant area of a Space Usage Rule from coordinates given using OpenStreetMap data. Had an active role in concept and implementation. My responsibilities in this project were handling the geospatial calculations and connecting our decision-making algorithm with the UI. Technologies used in Project: Java, JavaFX, OSM (Openstreetmap)

Education

Education
BSc. Information Systems
University of Muenster, Germany
2012 - 2015 (3 years)