Summary
Max Keener is a seasoned engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling cloud-native systems and data-driven services, currently serving as SVP of Core Engineering after leading engineering at Orangetheory Fitness. He has deep hands-on expertise in AWS, serverless architectures, real-time data processing, and productionizing machine learning APIs from his years at Zappos where he led personalization platform efforts. Max is known for fostering high-velocity, quality-focused teams—prioritizing automated testing, CI/CD, and measurable service reliability. Based in Seattle, he pairs strategic leadership with a developer’s mindset and still enjoys getting into the code alongside his teams. Outside work he’s an avid trail runner and hiker, a habit that underscores his preference for iterative endurance and steady momentum in both product and people development.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.S.E. Computer Science, B.S.E. Computer Science at University of Michigan