Maxwell Watson is a seasoned engineering leader and entrepreneur with 13 years of experience building developer-focused infrastructure and web applications, now serving as Co-Founder & CTO of Almanax after driving developer experience for web3 infrastructure at Coinbase Cloud. He combines hands-on engineering with product-minded leadership, having led teams and shipped backend and security-focused systems across startups and healthcare, media, and crypto firms. Maxwell often operates at the intersection of developer tooling and platform reliability, with a track record from senior roles at Coinbase and Mount Sinai to engineering leadership at theSkimm. Based in New York, he brings an uncommon blend of technical depth and human-centered leadership informed by outdoor leadership training (NOLS) and a humanities background from NYU.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Italian Language Culture and Society, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Italian Language Culture and Society at New York University
Leadership Outdoor Education, Leadership Outdoor Education at NOLS
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
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