Stephan Max
Freelance Software Engineer For NGOs at Stephan Max
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolStephan Max is a freelance software engineer based in Cologne with 12 years of experience building web and automation systems, currently focusing on technology for NGOs. He combines a formal computer science background (MSc) with hands-on roles from research on side-channel attacks to leading engineering teams at eyeo and Asoko Insight. His work spans JavaScript, Python, cloud-native deployment and front-end UX—he contributed practical HTML/CSS/JS fixes to the high-profile MDN interactive-examples repo, improving real-world documentation and developer tooling. Stephan has led teams and shipped production automation and filtering systems, and also co-founded a journalism crowdfunding startup where he owned the full web stack and payment integrations. He tends to sit “between two stools”: equally comfortable in code and in strategic, cross-functional roles that translate mission into deployable software. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic architecture, durable automation, and thoughtful mentorship.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Abitur at Wilhelm Ostwald Schule, Gymnasium der Stadt LeipzigMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Universität des SaarlandesComputer Science, Computer Science at Linköping University
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
html10
css10
javascript10
front-end-development10
editor9
editors9
responsive-design6
sass6
compass6
attribute6
event-handling6
devops6
ibm-cloud6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
mdn/interactive-examples
May 2018 - Oct 2018
Home of the MDN live code editor interactive examples
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 9 PRs, 20 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Stephan primarily contributed to the interactive examples within the MDN repository, focusing on HTML and CSS improvements and additions. Their work included fixing layout issues, adding and refining HTML examples for elements such as `<audio>`, `<a>`, and `<link>`, and updating related CSS. They also implemented JavaScript to enhance the user experience, specifically by adding functionality to open external links in new tabs and scroll to internal anchors.
reactcssjavascriptlive-codenodejs
stephanmax/ephemeral-tweets
Jun 2018 - Jan 2021
Automatically delete your old tweets with Node.js and webtask
Contributions:16 commits, 12 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 7 months
twitter-botold-tweetsnode-jstwitter-apinodejs
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