Max Nakel
@maxnakel
Staff software engineer building scalable, AI-enabled payment and analytics platforms.
What I'm looking for
I’m a Staff Software Engineer who builds global, high-throughput platforms that simplify complex operations and unlock international growth. At Stripe, I architected payment orchestration combining event-driven microservices with a core monolithic settlement service—improving transaction throughput by 45% and supporting 100M+ payment events daily.
I deliver reliable backend and frontend systems with measurable performance gains, including 99.99% uptime and 35% lower API latency, plus AI-driven fraud/anomaly detection that reduced fraudulent transaction rates by 25%. I’ve also built cloud-native infrastructure on AWS, automated CI/CD with Docker/Kubernetes/GitHub Actions (cutting release time by 60%), and mentored 7+ engineers through architecture and system design.
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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Built a global payment orchestration platform using event-driven microservices and a settlement service, improving transaction throughput by 45% while processing 100M+ payment events daily. Reduced API latency by 35% and improved reliability to 99.99% uptime; also lowered infrastructure costs by 20% and cut production release time by 60%.
Developed an advertising analytics platform for Facebook Ads Manager, improving page load speed by 35% and increasing campaign creation efficiency by 28%. Integrated AI-driven ad targeting and optimization that increased advertiser conversion rates by 18%.
Education
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Kennesaw State University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2013 - 2016
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Kennesaw State University from 2013 to 2016.
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