Max Tauro
Software Engineer at Instagram
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Tauro is a versatile software engineer with 11 years of experience building mobile and platform features at companies like Instagram and Google, currently focused on Android Stories at Instagram. He combines hands-on Android expertise—from home-screen widgets in Chrome to safety-focused rendering in Android Automotive—with experience in large-scale A/B experiments and POS workflow refactors. While finishing a BMath in Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo, he actively ships independent Android apps (Airdroid) with source code available, reflecting a strong appetite for end-to-end product work. Max’s background spans both iOS and Android, systems-level contributions in AOSP, and production-facing UX collaborations, showing fluency across stacks and domains. He’s drawn to learning new technologies and building practical solutions that balance safety, performance, and user experience.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Mathematics, Combinatorics & Optimization, Minor in Computing, Bachelor of Mathematics, Combinatorics & Optimization, Minor in Computing at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (5)
airpods9
android-app7
reverse-engineering4
monitoring3
android3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
maxtauro/Airdroid
Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:194 commits, 65 PRs, 147 pushes in 1 year 6 months
maxtauro/TweetMap
Dec 2016 - Jan 2018
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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