Maximillian Von Briesen
Software Engineering Manager at Storj
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaximillian Von Briesen is a senior software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in back-end systems, databases, and distributed storage. Based in Atlanta, he rose through engineering ranks at Storj from developer to Software Engineering Manager, contributing significant Go and SQL work to the open-source Storj v3 decentralized cloud storage project. He pairs hands-on implementation—protobufs, database refactors, segment retrieval, and payment flows—with team leadership and product-focused delivery. Now at Temporal Technologies, he continues to drive reliable, scalable infrastructure for cloud-native workflows. Known for a concise "I make stuff" GitHub persona, he blends pragmatic engineering with curiosity rooted in a Georgia Tech computer science background. Colleagues rely on him for steady execution on complex backend challenges that require both code-level detail and architectural thinking.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (9)
go10
sql10
back-end-development10
database-design10
protobuffer10
protobuf10
grpc9
distributed-systems8
object-storage7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
storj/storj
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
Ongoing Storj v3 development. Decentralized cloud object storage that is affordable, easy to use, private, and secure.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 252 reviews, 418 commits in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Maximillian primarily focused on back-end development, as evidenced by their contributions to adding and modifying protobuf definitions and implementing database interactions. Their work involved refactoring and renaming core database components, adding functionality for retrieving segments and creating payment functionality. The user interacted with Go and SQL extensively.
golangsecureaffordabledistributed-storageongoing
mobyvb/tasklist
May 2023 - Feb 2025
a tool to keep track of tasks and how long you've been working on them
Contributions:3 reviews, 11 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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