Summary
Max Kramer is a pragmatic engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling product teams and resilient platforms across music-tech, fintech, and venture-backed startups. Currently Head of Engineering for Sollos at Universal Music Group, he blends product-minded technical leadership with hands-on experience shipping mobile and backend systems. Previously a CTO and engineering lead at early-stage ventures and BCG Digital Ventures, he’s led teams of up to 15, defined hiring and compliance practices, and driven integrations with third-party partners. He contributes pro-bono engineering to social impact projects—having built Alike’s iOS app and backend in tribute to a friend—which reflects a strong bias for mission-driven work. Known for translating business goals into roadmaps and bringing “full-stack” sensibilities to teams, he also experiments with LLMs for automated investing and AI-driven product features.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
German, English