Max Topham
Software Engineer
British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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RockstarMax Topham is a seasoned software engineer based in British Columbia with 12 years of hands-on experience building polished front-end experiences. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects like BetterTTV, where his CSS and UI work improved chat layout, emote presentation, and overall usability for Twitch users. Comfortable iterating on visual details—buttons, spacing, dark themes—he brings a designer’s attention to front-end polish while keeping production-readiness in mind. A pragmatic Canadian developer, Max balances community-facing contributions with steady professional experience. Colleagues would describe him as quietly effective: he focuses on incremental improvements that noticeably raise the quality of user interactions.
11 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
electron10
css10
user-interface10
ui-design10
interface-design10
front-end-development10
nodejs10
javascript9
angularjs9
html6
macos6
encryption6
cocoa6
security6
objective-c6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
night/betterttv
Jun 2014 - May 2017
BetterTTV enhances Twitch with new features, emotes, and more.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:157 commits, 20 PRs, 64 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Max primarily contributed to the user interface of BetterTTV by modifying and styling various elements within the BetterTTV.css and BetterTTV-dark.css files. Their commits focused on adjusting button styles, including button backgrounds, colors, and spacing. The user also worked on improving the appearance of the chat, specifically by modifying the font size, and the placement of elements. They addressed layout and presentation issues, such as those related to the mod cards, emotes, and the chat menu.
memescalenew-featurestwitchbetterttvemotes
teak/puSSH
Oct 2014 - Sep 2021
The cross platform, multi-functional screenshot utility
Contributions:94 commits, 13 PRs, 46 pushes in 7 years
electronwindowsscreenshotlinuxmulti-platform
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