Max Klenk
Chief Technology Officer at STOMT GmbH
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Klenk is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO with 13+ years of experience building and shipping full-stack web and mobile products, currently steering technical strategy at LI.FI while co-founding STOMT. He blends hands-on engineering—spanning PHP frameworks, AngularJS, Node.js, responsive front-ends, and mobile PhoneGap deployments—with strong management, agile and mentoring experience to turn business needs into maintainable, well-tested systems. Max has practical DevOps chops demonstrated by contributions to the popular matrix-docker-ansible-deploy project, where he improved scalability and load-testing support via Redis, nginx worker refinements and systemd tweaks. Comfortable both as an individual contributor and as a cross-functional leader, he thrives under time pressure and in remote freelance contexts. Academically grounded with an M.Sc. from the Hasso Plattner Institute and international study in the US, he pairs product-minded engineering with a pragmatic, results-oriented approach. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture decisions that balance engineering quality with rapid delivery.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science; Marketing, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science; Marketing at California State University, FullertonMaster of Science (M.Sc.) IT-Systems Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) IT-Systems Engineering at Hasso Plattner InstituteBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Internet Computing, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Internet Computing at Universität Passau
German, English, French
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Github Skills (29)
docker10
antd10
redis10
configuration-management10
typescript10
dockers10
typescript-types10
yaml10
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
typescripts10
nginx10
ant10
react10
javascript9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jumperexchange/jumper-exchange
Jun 2021 - Aug 2022
Jumper - Multi-Chain Bridging & Swapping
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:65 reviews, 337 commits, 128 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Max primarily focused on implementing front-end features and integrations for the Li.Finance platform. They added branding elements from LiFi, integrating them into the UI and updating application titles and logos. They also implemented and integrated a Google Analytics script for data collection and analysis. Furthermore, the user implemented a router and about page to the application.
reactswapdappethereumbridge
spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
Aug 2020 - Sep 2020
🐳 Matrix (An open network for secure, decentralized communication) server setup using Ansible and Docker
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Backend Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Backend EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 11 commits, 2 PRs in 22 days
Contributions summary:Max made significant contributions to the project's infrastructure and backend configuration. They implemented Redis support, refactored nginx configurations to support worker processes, and added rate limiting options for load testing. They also addressed worker-related issues, and modified systemd service files, demonstrating expertise in deployment and infrastructure management related to the Matrix server. These changes enhance the system's scalability, performance, and testing capabilities.
securejitsiself-hostingansiblecommunication
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