Max Knivets
Chief Technology Officer at Fractals
United States
Summary
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SeniorMax Knivets is a pragmatic CTO and self-taught full‑stack engineer with eight years building production web and Web3 systems using Python, JavaScript, Django and React. He has led small engineering teams across startups to deliver developer tooling, token distribution platforms, Arweave-based UIs and staking/tokenomics features, balancing architecture with hands‑on implementation. Known for direct, proactive communication, he focuses on eliminating inefficiencies—whether saving developer time or curbing business waste—and translating technical complexity into clear explanations for customers and open‑source collaborators. Comfortable moving between backend architecture and polished frontends, he favors mission‑driven projects that create practical value beyond shareholders. An unusual strength is shipping both crypto-native infrastructure and customer-facing UX, bridging protocol design with intuitive interfaces.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
English
Github Skills (45)
permanent10
arweave9
django-rest9
nft9
rest-framework8
podcast8
blockchain8
ethereum8
javascript8
wagmi7
typescript7
discovery7
hosting7
react6
abi6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
maxknivets/drf-social-network
Feb 2020 - Apr 2021
A social network made with Django Rest Framework and React.
Contributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 1 month
social-networkreactpythondjango-rest-frameworkdjango
decentldotland/ark-ui
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:5 releases, 139 commits, 37 PRs in 7 months
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