Summary
Maxon Weis is an Associate Solutions Architect with 11 years of software engineering experience, specializing in cloud-native architectures, Kafka ecosystems, and Azure infrastructure. He has driven cross-regional active-active AKS deployments, Kafka disaster recovery, and cost-optimization initiatives while building CI/CD, Terraform, and observability platforms for large-scale microservice environments. Maxon pairs deep hands-on implementation—Java Spring Boot, Kafka Connectors, KEDA, and Terraform—with platform-level design and education, regularly presenting best practices to engineering teams. His background includes low-latency emergency systems work and custom Kafka connector development, reflecting a knack for reliability under pressure and creative integration solutions. A UIUC CS graduate, he blends disciplined infrastructure engineering with a collaborative focus on meaningful technical mentorship and long-term maintainability.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign