Max Mckinney
Software Engineer, Support Scalable Platform
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Mckinney is an education designer and product-minded UX leader with 11 years of experience shaping complex software from concept to award-winning delivery. As Figma’s first Education Designer and a former design lead at IBM and Dell, he blends curriculum strategy, design systems, and hands-on UI/UX craft to humanize technology and boost product longevity. He’s known for bridging design and front-end development—using his computer science background to create prototypes, shared interaction patterns, and visual languages that increase team productivity and customer retention. His work has driven measurable business outcomes (including a 200% revenue/retention lift at Sureshot) and contributed to recognized products like Alienware Command Center. Max leads multidisciplinary teams with empathy, turning research-driven insights into delightful, usable experiences that scale across product ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Concordia University Texas
Github Skills (125)
python10
testing10
home-assistant10
hybrid10
javascript10
mqtt10
browser10
html10
compiler10
angular10
localstorage10
json10
static-site-generator10
raycast10
storage10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
MadMaxMcKinney/color-cauldron-web
Oct 2023 - Sep 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 72 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 11 months
MaxMcKinney/color-buddy-web
Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:19 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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