Maximilian H.

Maximilian H.

Senior Software Engineer

Toronto, Canada
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About Me

Seasoned software developer with 10+ years of experience working in a broad range of industries (real estate, government, education, natural resources), proficient in Ruby and Ruby on Rails technologies. Extremely productive when working on the back-end of applications, but also possess extensive experience working across the whole stack and have worked on all parts of applications (front, back, infrastructure, native mobile). I strive to deliver solutions that make the most business sense. They are currently used by thousands of professionals around the globe, providing productivity for businesses each day.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Engineer
2020 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Create and develop innovative software solutions for different clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

HOLMES IV PTE LTD
HOLMES IV PTE LTD
Director & Owner
2016 - 2020 (4 years)
Singapore
  • Provide consulting services in web development for businesses by finding new and innovative solutions to problems that require creativity.

  • Developed a new software solution for oil exploration management which is currently being rolled out at several oil super-majors.

  • Worked on the core of a Ruby application which is used by US corps. and gov. to track and verify credentials and certifications. Provided in-house product development of SaaS solutions.

Skillcrush Inc.
Skillcrush Inc.
Residing Ruby & Ruby on Rails instructor
2015 - 2020 (5 years)
  • Create and improve course material for Ruby and Ruby on Rails for one of the biggest online courses platforms.

  • Teaching development skills to thousands of people allowing them to find a new career in the tech industry.

  • Rewriting course material and developing comprehensive documentation, as well as liaising with other professionals.

Propertybase GmbH / Inc
Propertybase GmbH / Inc
Head of Ruby Development
2011 - 2016 (5 years)
United States
  • Overseeing all Ruby projects and developers, having responsibilities for both product development and management.

  • Adopted a project that was lacking efficiency and transformed it into key component of their product (now a main sales driver).

  • Managed the development of new products for the company that are now mission critical.

Octothrop GbR
Owner and CEO of the company
2007 - 2016 (9 years)
Hamminkeln, Germany
  • Developed MVP for a small startup in their early stages under heavy time and budget constraints, allowing them to raise more funds and then help hire a permanent staff.

  • Provided software consulting services for numerous Startups and SMEs.

  • Managed and troubleshooted software applications and programs, finding and implementing solutions to existing and potential problems.

Portfolio

Lead Developer - Automated website analysis for leading brand security company
Lead Developer - Automated website analysis for leading brand security company

Led the development of a large scale web scraping project and data analysis product, bringing the product to market. It automatically analyses websites, derives scores about the websites and allows for human enrichment / control of the resulting data. The product is in use (API integrated in their product offerings) by several well know social networks to, for example notify users about the quality of externally linked web sources (e.g. fake-news warning). Technologies used in the project: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, AWS Lambda, Python, Scrapy, Splash, Node, Docker.

Developer - Player – Migration from ArcMap to ArcPro
Developer - Player – Migration from ArcMap to ArcPro

Developed a tool that is used by Geologists to run “Play based” analysis for the prospective development of oil / gas fields (i.e. part of the deciding factor where future exploratory drills be untertaken). The product used to be based on ESRI’s ArcMap application (as an AddIn). With the release of ESRI’s ArcPro and the announcement that ArcMap would not be developer further we decided to future proof the product by migrating it to the new Platform. This was a roughly year long, full time undertaking and was completed within the estimated boundaries. I developed all migratory code, also rewrote the UI while maintaining most of the core business logic and keeping up with the ongoing development of the product. Project was completed and the product is now in use by virtually all Oil & Gas super majors. Technologies used in the project: C#, Python, ArcMap, ArcPro

Developer - PlayHouse – Greenfield web application to give Management insight in the development projects (Oil & Gas exploration)
Developer - PlayHouse – Greenfield web application to give Management insight in the development projects (Oil & Gas exploration)

Player is a tool that is used by Geologists to run “Play based” analysis for the prospective development of oil / gas fields (i.e. part of the deciding factor where future exploratory drills be untertaken). PlayHouse sits on top of this and allows management users to “look into” these projects in order to make decisions about prospective drills. Developed most of the front-end and back-end code. Managed to bridge legacy back-end software to a modern web application; abstracting technical details away, so that the management can make decisions on projects without knowing/understanding all details. Project was completed and the product is now in use by virtually severa; Oil & Gas super majors.

Subject matter expert - Ruby Course rewrite
Subject matter expert - Ruby Course rewrite

Skillcrush has more than 17,000 students in all 50 states and in 127 countries worldwide. Their mission is to make tech careers attainable for everyone. I rewrote and modernized the Ruby and Ruby on Rails courses for the online learning platform. The Ruby on Rails course was out of date and needed to be updated. I rewrote the course making the material more future proof and approachable for newcomers.

Education

Education
BSc. in Media Informatics (Computer Science)
Ludwig Maximilians Universität Munich
2009 - 2012 (3 years)
Education
Cisco Systems CCNA
BK Bocholt West
2005 - 2008 (3 years)