Max Thorson
Senior Frontend Engineer at Outdoorsy
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Thorson is a Senior Frontend Engineer with 14 years of experience building interactive web experiences from concept to production, currently leading frontend UI tooling and a company-wide React design system at Outdoorsy. He brings deep practical expertise in React, Next.js, Vue, and TypeScript, and pairs front-end craftsmanship with backend API work and CI-driven testing from his time building education platforms and full-stack freelance projects. A hands-on team lead and mentor, Max regularly guides planning and sprint ceremonies while helping new developers ramp up through pair programming and code walkthroughs. His background in audio engineering and early AV/tech roles gives him a strong sense for user experience, accessibility, and signal flow that informs elegant, reliable interfaces. Based in Salt Lake City, he thrives on learning new technologies and turning creative research into production-quality components and systems.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Montana State University-BozemanAssociate of Applied Science, Audio Production and Engineering, Associate of Applied Science, Audio Production and Engineering at The Institute of Production and Recording
Github Skills (117)
mobile-development10
expressjs10
rest-api10
backend10
relay10
mbaas10
graphql-api10
app-framework10
parse-platform10
parse-server10
object-storage10
cross-platform10
graphql-relay10
android10
mobile10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mstllc/CastableNTS
May 2020 - Dec 2021
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
mstllc/mediacrapolis-cleaner
May 2022 - Sep 2023
Cleans up old Ombi / Plex files
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 3 months
maintenanceombiplex
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