Max Latoche
Lead Software Engineer at Hive
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Latoche is a Lead Software Engineer based in New York with 8 years of experience building full-stack, agile products using React and Node.js. He specializes in modern front-end architectures—particularly the React Fiber reconciler—and recently presented on that topic at a React x Node conference. At Hive he progressed from Senior to Lead Engineer, bringing practical engineering leadership and a hands-on approach to shipping scalable UI and backend features. An open-source contributor with a visible GitHub presence, he blends product-focused development with experimentation in cutting-edge web tech. His background in music technology gives him a unique sensitivity to UX and performance trade-offs in interactive applications. Max combines startup grit from running his own engineering firm with product-scale experience at established companies.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Music Technology, Bachelor Music Technology at Duquesne University
Github Skills (45)
javascript9
npm-package9
openid9
static-site9
react9
sorting9
filtering9
frontend9
user-interface8
declarative8
pagination8
grid8
excel8
react-table8
unobtrusive8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
reactFiberline/movie-demo
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:15 commits, 10 PRs, 11 pushes in 5 days
maxLatoche/savov-exercises
Apr 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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