Summary
Max Severin is a full-stack software engineer based in Gießen, Germany, with 11 years of experience building user-focused web applications and payment-platform features. Currently at Klarna Kosma, he focuses on React-driven front ends while maintaining Java back-end APIs for financial tech integrations. Previously he built and monetized e-commerce extensions as a Webasyst partner (7 plugins, 3.3k+ installs, 4.8★ avg) and delivered top-rated Shopify work as a freelance developer. Comfortable across the stack—JavaScript, React, Java, PHP, SQL—he blends hands-on implementation with product-minded thinking and early-stage team leadership from his co-founder days. He’s pragmatic about shipping durable solutions that improve merchant UX and can move between legacy platforms and modern front-end architectures.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Sevastopol State Technical University
German, English, Ukrainian, Russian