Max Kaplan
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarMax Kaplan is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building backend and DevOps systems, currently based in San Francisco. As a founding engineer at Aptos Labs with prior stints at Facebook and Cruise, he focuses on blockchain infrastructure and reliable operational tooling. His open-source contributions to high-profile projects like Diem and Aptos Core include SDK client enhancements (User-Agent headers), key-management tooling (x25519 printing), and improved docker-compose testing and CI for validator/faucet setups. Max blends production-grade engineering with developer tooling improvements that make distributed systems more observable and testable. He brings a practical, security-conscious approach to building scalable layer-1 blockchain components and the operational workflows that keep them running.
11 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (26)
docker10
testing10
dockers10
cicd10
blockchain10
rust10
github-ci9
json-rpc9
githubaction-workflow9
blockchain-network9
move8
go8
html6
php6
keycode6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
aptos-labs/aptos-core
Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
Aptos is a layer 1 blockchain built to support the widespread use of blockchain through better technology and user experience.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:580 reviews, 99 commits, 264 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Max contributed to the Aptos Core blockchain repository by implementing features and improving existing code. They added a User-Agent HTTP header to the SDK client and added printing for x25519 keys to the optool, enhancing SDK client functionality and providing a tool for printing keys. Additionally, the user added and improved testing scripts, and introduced several changes related to docker-compose, enhancing the testing and deployment infrastructure for the project.
blockchain-platformblockchainuser-experienceblockchain-networksmart-contracts
diem/diem
Feb 2021 - Sep 2021
Diem’s mission is to build a trusted and innovative financial network that empowers people and businesses around the world.
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:116 reviews, 44 commits, 29 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Max contributed to the Diem blockchain project by implementing features related to client SDK functionality and network infrastructure. They added an HTTP header to SDK client requests, enabling better tracking and identification. The user also worked on the operational tooling, specifically adding the ability to print x25519 keys. Furthermore, they added a test script for docker compose and integrated a Github action for testing the validator/faucet setup.
diemfinancialtrustedethereumblockchain
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