Summary
Maria Hollweck is a seasoned software engineer and engineering manager with 11 years of experience building consumer-facing products and growth systems, most recently leading Generative AI and WhatsApp Growth initiatives at Meta. Based in New York, she combines hands-on engineering (early career work on Messenger Kids, Facebook Lite videos, and React Native) with people leadership across large, high-impact teams. She co-founded a regional hackathon in Germany, demonstrating a knack for community-building and grassroots product discovery. Now at Asobi Labs under the playful title "Building Things," she continues to iterate on ambitious, user-focused projects while keeping a strong practical foundation in both frontend and backend systems.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Business Informatics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Business Informatics at OTH Regensburg
Non-Degree Computer Science, Non-Degree Computer Science at Columbia University
German, English