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Max Bye

@maxbye

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Senior software engineer specialising in frontend-led web and mobile solutions with backend expertise.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a mission-driven engineering role where I can lead frontend development, mentor teams, work cross-functionally, and deliver user-focused, scalable web or mobile products.

I am a senior software engineer with 14+ years building web and mobile products that prioritize user experience and measurable outcomes. I focus on frontend-led solutions while integrating backend systems to deliver reliable, scalable platforms.

I've led frontend teams on grid-scale battery optimisation projects for bp and developed public-facing platforms showcased at industry summits. My work includes performance upgrades, CI/CD automation, and cloud data infrastructure redesigns that reduced costs and improved load times.

I have experience teaching and mentoring as a course leader and workshop instructor for organisations like General Assembly, and have delivered corporate training for clients such as Aviva and Facebook. I also co-founded and contributed to product design and development across startups and NGOs.

My toolkit spans modern frontend frameworks, backend languages, cloud platforms, and DevOps practices, and I bring a mission-driven approach to collaboration with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to turn strategic visions into impactful digital experiences.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Wordpress Developer

Current

Future Resilience Forum

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Worked with senior staff to design and develop futureresilienceforum.com for a London-based security forum, delivering a production WordPress site aligned with stakeholder requirements.

WordPress PHP SASS HTML5 & Design Web Development

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

bp / Open Energi

Aug 2023 - Present (2 years 10 months)

Designed and implemented a grid-scale battery optimization platform in React for bp’s power trading team, rebuilt CI/CD pipelines to reduce deployment time and costs, and upgraded platform components to achieve a 60% faster load time.

React TypeScript CI CD GitHub Actions Gitlab Kubernetes

Website Creator

Frazzled

Jun 2024 - Nov 2024 (5 months)

Designed and developed frazzledcafe.org in React to help users find mental wellness meetups, delivering an accessible front-end user experience.

React Next.js Accessibility Frontend Development SASS TailwindCSS User Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Dare

Feb 2023 - Aug 2024 (1 year 6 months)

Led multiple frontend teams on grid-scale battery web projects and developed an online storage platform in React showcased at the 2024 Renewable Energy Summit, plus designed a trader plugin for battery insights.

React Postgres Figma Redux CI CD Renewable Energy

Course Leader

General Assembly

Nov 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Led JavaScript, Angular and React courses and the Software Engineering Immersion, delivering curricula and mentoring students to prepare them for developer roles.

JavaScript Angular React Teaching Mentorship Curriculum Development Software Engineering

Software Engineer

TechSoup

Jul 2017 - Feb 2023 (5 years 7 months)

Built a vanilla JavaScript data framework and a React component library (with Storybook) used across multiple projects, designed several products for Microsoft, and developed multiple e-commerce applications.

JavaScript React Storybook Redux CI CD Azure DevOps Component Libraries

Senior Software Engineer

Plumis

Sep 2016 - Jul 2017 (10 months)

Designed and developed a fire-sprinkler mapping system in JavaScript to improve visualization and planning, and migrated an application from LEMP to MEAN stack yielding a 40% performance improvement.

JavaScript MEAN stack LEMP Frontend Development Performance Optimization