Max Kelly
Software Engineer at Google
Australia
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Top SchoolMax Kelly is a software engineer with 8 years' experience building backend and AI-driven products, currently contributing to Google Photos after three years driving GenAI initiatives at Canva. He holds first-class honours in Mechatronic Engineering and a distinction in Computer Science from UNSW, blending robotics, systems thinking, and software craftsmanship. Max has practical DevOps and robotics research experience from internships at Optus and DST and taught object-oriented design and robotics as a casual academic, giving him both production and pedagogical perspectives. He focuses on scalable backend systems and generative AI, with a track record of shipping features in high-impact consumer and design platforms. Comfortable moving between research prototypes and production services, he brings a cross-disciplinary approach that surfaces useful engineering trade-offs. Outside work he has a background of hands-on roles from hospitality to lab-based robotics, which he credits for resilience and clear communication under pressure.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
St Aloysius' College, Milsons PointUNSW Sydney
English
Stackoverflow
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
maxdkelly/Kaychiq
Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
Web app for Korean Chicken Drinking Games
Contributions:16 PRs, 83 pushes, 3 branches in 13 days
chickengamesdrinking-gamesdrinkingkorean
maxdkelly/DJ_AI_1.5
Aug 2024 - Sep 2024
DJ_AI but better
Contributions:8 PRs, 16 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
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