Max Lahey is a Principal Software Engineer based in New York with 13 years of experience building payment, networking, and consumer-facing systems at high-growth companies like Ramp, Twitter, Google, and Stripe. He blends hands-on engineering and leadership—advancing from senior engineer roles to Director of Engineering and principal-level technical leadership at Ramp—while shipping production services for payments, networking automation, and assistant features. As a former founder, he brings product intuition and a pragmatic approach to building web tools, and his open-source work includes a Bootstrap-themed jQuery tag input that showcases a deep practical knowledge of frontend UX and JavaScript. Comfortable across the stack, he excels at integrating complex back-end payment flows with polished front-end experiences and mentoring teams to scale reliable systems. Max’s background in chemical engineering and a CS degree underscores a methodical, systems-oriented mindset paired with entrepreneurial grit.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at UMass Boston
Contributions:124 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Max primarily contributed to the development of a Bootstrap-themed jQuery tag interface. Their work included implementing basic tag functionality such as adding and removing tags through keyboard input, along with styling the tags using Bootstrap classes. Further contributions focused on integrating auto-suggest features, including mouse and keyboard interactions for selecting suggestions, handling restrictions, and preventing duplicate tags. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS, and they leveraged bootstrap styling to enhance the UI.
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