Max Sorto
@maxsorto
Fractional CTO and ex-Salesforce engineering leader who designed a payments product and built AI agents for Slack and merchants.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
At the Payments Fintech Startup, I designed the merchant product and led its build as lead developer, covering the dashboard, catalog, orders, fulfillment, and checkout. The first merchant went live processing six-figure volume through an Elavon-hosted flow.
I managed eight engineers across two teams and served as the link between the CEO, partners, and engineering. I also built reporting tools, including a dashboard synced hourly from Linear and GitHub.
I built the company’s always-on AI agent in Slack, first with OpenClaw and then Hermes, and built an AI storefront builder connected to merchant catalogs and checkout. At MyBambu, I led five engineers moving the banking app to React Native and oversaw an OpenAI support assistant.
At Salesforce, I worked on Salesforce Maps and Territory Planning, owning features end to end and leading the unification of settings across former MapAnything packages. I also built and run DapperLogic, my Shopify B2B sync app with a paying customer, and am available for fractional work 10 to 20 hours a week.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Director of Engineering
Payments Fintech Startup
Nov 2025 - Oct 2026 (11 months)
Designed the merchant product and led the build as lead developer, managing eight engineers across two teams. Built an always-on AI agent and an AI storefront builder.
Lead React Native Architect
MyBambu
Aug 2025 - Nov 2025 (3 months)
Led five engineers migrating the banking app to React Native and built WebView surfaces for parallel native development. Oversaw an AI support assistant that reduced support costs by over 60%.
Staff Software Engineer
MyBambu
Apr 2025 - Aug 2025 (4 months)
Built BambuPay, a web payments app, end to end using Next.js, AWS Cognito, Lambda, and SNS. Promoted to lead within four months.
Independent Consultant & Lead Engineer
Self-Employed
Nov 2023 - Apr 2025 (1 year 5 months)
Provided consulting and lead engineering services for multiple clients, including Wildcard, Bracket.io, and The Experiential Company. Developed real-time notifications, webhooks, and stadium content systems.
Owned features end to end on Salesforce Maps and Territory Planning managed packages, including PRDs, implementation, and QA.
Led the unification of settings across former MapAnything packages into one Salesforce Maps package.
Product Engineer / Product Engineer II
MapAnything
Feb 2017 - May 2019 (2 years 3 months)
Built device data ingestion for live tracking and led the OnStar (GM) integration, owning the GM relationship and opening a new revenue line.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Georgia Southern University
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016 (1 year 11 months)
Assisted in teaching web application development and data science courses.
Systems Developer
ChapterSpot
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015 (2 years 11 months)
Developed systems for ChapterSpot in New Orleans.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Georgia Southern University
Master of Science, Applied Engineering
M.S. in Applied Engineering from Georgia Southern University in 2016.
SAP
SAP Certified Associate, Business Process Integration
SAP Certified Associate, Business Process Integration with SAP ERP 6.0 EhP6 in 2015.
Georgia Southern University
Bachelor of Science, Information Technology
B.S. in Information Technology from Georgia Southern University in 2014.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Portfolio
github.com/maxsorto/ChainCredIDSalary expectations
Social media
Job categories
Interested in hiring Max?
You can contact Max and 90k+ other talented remote workers on Himalayas.
Message MaxGet matched with your dream remote job
Sign up now and join over 250,000+ remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!
