Max Li
@maxli
Full‑stack software engineer specializing in scalable backend systems and product‑minded frontends.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a top‑performing full‑stack software engineer with 7+ years at Amazon, combining backend mastery in Java/Kotlin and Go with modern frontend delivery using React and TypeScript. I design, implement, and scale distributed microservices and event‑driven systems across fraud detection, seller support, healthcare membership, and pharmacy.
My work focuses on measurable impact: improving reliability and performance, increasing customer conversion, and reducing manual toil through pragmatic AI integrations, streaming validation, and idempotent workflows. I have delivered services that cut latency, lowered review times, boosted conversion rates, and passed security/compliance audits with zero material findings.
I raise engineering standards via testing, observability, and security‑first design, mentor peers, and drive cross‑functional outcomes. I seek roles where I can continue to build scalable, secure systems, improve developer velocity, and apply pragmatic AI to streamline human workflows.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
AMBuilt Kotlin microservices and React/TypeScript dashboards for Amazon Pharmacy, cutting time-to-price verification by 48% and reducing pharmacist manual edits by 37% through streaming validation and adaptive caching.
AMDelivered Prime→One Medical enrollment flow and membership services with React frontends and Kotlin backends, improving checkout conversion by 17% and eliminating 98% of stale entitlements.
AMModernized Seller Support case orchestration and frontends (Java→Kotlin, React), reducing P95 latency by 50% and cutting assisted-support contact rate by 18% through contract tests and observability improvements.
AMBuilt Seller Contact Routing microservices and operations consoles, cutting mis-routed cases by 36% and reducing average handle time by 19% via rules introspection and idempotent batch commits.
AMBuilt a React + Kotlin Fraud Signal Explorer reducing median triage clicks per case from 12 to 7 and shortened time-to-detect drift by 40% with real-time streams and dashboards.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
UUUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2014 - 2018
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework and projects supporting software engineering and systems development.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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