Summary
Carl Mai is a versatile software engineer with 17 years of experience focused on web and backend development, developer experience, and pragmatic DevOps automation. He has deep hands-on experience building backend systems and devx tools in startups and research environments, from implementing a custom low-code DSL and interpreter at Wandelbots to setting up CI/CD, Kubernetes test environments, and integration tooling. Comfortable across Java, Python, React and containerized infrastructures, he also stepped into project leadership and onboarding at TU Dresden when a team folded, proving strong prioritization and delivery under pressure. An active contributor to the MaNGOS open-source project, he brings attention to code quality and efficiency down to iterator-level fixes while also shipping feature work and debugging tools. Based in Dresden, he seeks roles within experienced teams working on interesting architectures, ideally 90% remote or hybrid.
17 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Technische Universität Dresden