Maximilian Hofer
Co-Founder & CEO at Parsewise
Zürich Metropolitan Area Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolMaximilian Hofer is a founder and software architect with a decade of experience building ML-driven products and leading technical teams, now serving as Co-Founder & CEO of Parsewise. He blends hands-on polyglot development with strategic insight from roles at Bain (Private Equity Group) and data-science consulting, having delivered >20 commercial and tech due diligences and bespoke ML solutions for SMEs. Trained at Oxford (MSc CS, ML) and pursuing a PhD at EPFL, he moves comfortably between research-grade ML and production engineering, and is an advocate for introducing Rust into existing stacks. A husband and father based in Zürich, he balances entrepreneurial drive with practical product sensibility and a history of cross-functional roles from product management to BI at Amazon. Notably, his background spans investment, consulting, and deep technical delivery—giving him a rare ability to translate technical trade-offs into business value.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MSc Computer Science (Machine Learning), Master of Science - MSc Computer Science (Machine Learning) at University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Applied Machine Learning (Technology and Innovation Strategy), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Applied Machine Learning (Technology and Innovation Strategy) at EPFLUniversity College London
French, English, German
Github Skills (149)
architecture10
linux10
asciidoctor-pdf10
confluence10
enterprise-architect10
arc4210
asciidoctor10
asciidoc10
beancount9
testing9
autocomplete9
robotframework9
chat9
migration9
toolchain9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
mh182/docToolchain
Feb 2023 - May 2023
a AsciiDoc Toolchain for Software Architecture Documentation
Contributions:1 PR, 131 pushes, 25 branches in 3 months
mh182/bats-mock
Mar 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:9 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 11 months
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