Summary
Max Maintz is a software engineer based in Hamburg with 11 years of experience building and relaunching high-profile news websites, most recently leading work on tagesschau.de. He brings proven front-line production experience from Norddeutscher Rundfunk and agile product teams, pairing newsroom-grade reliability with pragmatic engineering. Trained in composition at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, he combines a creative, pattern-oriented mindset with disciplined systems thinking—an unusual blend that benefits UX and architecture decisions. Known for a dry sense of humor and a habit of second thoughts, he favors thoughtful, iterative solutions over flashy one-offs.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master Composit, Master Composit at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin