Max Gfeller
Engineer at Sutro Software
Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Gfeller is an engineer with 15 years of experience building user-focused web and backend systems from startup to enterprise scale, currently crafting no-code AI tooling at Sutro Software. As co-founder of Lex Ferenda he built legal-tech products and a Swiss legal database, pairing product intuition with hands-on engineering. He has led frontend architecture and teams, shipping React and Vue component systems, offline-first frameworks, and automated CI/tooling for developer experience. A pragmatic full-stack contributor, his open-source work spans UX-focused features in popular projects like peerflix and robustness improvements to Composer's script handling. Based in Switzerland, he combines entrepreneurial grit with a track record of turning complex integrations (IMAP/SMTP, DAV, Composer) into polished, maintainable products.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
EFZ, IT Application Development, EFZ, IT Application Development at GIB MuttenzProfessional Baccalaureate, Professional Baccalaureate at BMS Muttenz
English
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Github Skills (22)
dependency-management10
javascript10
package-management10
command-line-interface10
php10
command-line10
nodejs10
event-dispatching10
composer10
streaming10
cli10
error-handling9
cross-platform8
multiplatform8
windows7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
mafintosh/peerflix
Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
Streaming torrent client for node.js
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:16 commits, 1 push, 8 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Max primarily contributed to the front-end and user interaction aspects of the project. They implemented features related to pausing and resuming downloads, displaying the player's name, and adding support for MPC-HC player. The user's changes involved modifications to the application's core logic and UI elements, specifically focusing on user experience and compatibility with different media players. They also introduced the ability to pass player arguments and customize the streaming experience.
nodejstorrent
composer/composer
Dec 2013 - Dec 2013
Dependency Manager for PHP
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Max primarily focused on modifying the Composer dependency manager's event handling and script execution logic. They addressed issues related to script execution, ensuring proper handling of custom scripts and exceptions. Key contributions include adding a check to determine if an event has any listeners, refactoring code to avoid throwing exceptions in certain scenarios, and introducing a new method to check for event listeners. These changes improved the flexibility and robustness of the script execution functionality.
dependency-managerphpcomposerpackage-managerpackages
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