Michael Maxim
Senior Principal Secure Software Engineer at Zoom
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Maxim is a Senior Principal Secure Software Engineer based in New York with 14 years of experience building secure, production-grade software across startups and large platforms. He has deep expertise in secure engineering and full-stack development, with a track record at Zoom and earlier hands-on roles at Keybase where he contributed to the widely used Keybase client including mobile thread search and shared chat components. Michael combines systems-level thinking from roles in infrastructure and embedded software with product-focused UX work, bridging security, backend, and frontend concerns. He has held technical leadership roles at OkCupid, including CTO and interim CEO responsibilities, demonstrating an ability to pair engineering rigor with strategic product leadership. Educated at Carnegie Mellon (BS) and the University of Michigan (MS), he brings both strong academic foundations and practical experience shipping secure, user-facing systems.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's of Science, Computer Science, Master's of Science, Computer Science at University of MichiganHigh School, High School at Henderson High SchoolBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (5)
javascript10
ui-design9
front-end-development9
uid9
mobile-development8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
keybase/client
May 2016 - Jan 2023
Keybase Go Library, Client, Service, OS X, iOS, Android, Electron
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:43 reviews, 2291 commits, 2958 PRs in 6 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Michael implemented mobile thread search integration, demonstrating involvement in UI development using JavaScript (likely React or React Native) and shared chat components. The code changes include modifications to shared chat components and the addition of a search component. The user also made contributions related to message replies.
golangreactelectronreact-nativeclient-library
okws/dsdc
Jan 2012 - Jul 2015
Contributions:26 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 3 years 7 months
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