About

Max Rafferty is a Principal Engineer at Albert, with over a decade of experience in best-practice Web Development and Leadership. He is a Full Stack Software Engineer with battle-tested experience in Web Development, Frontend Architecture, Microservice Architecture, Web Design, and DevOps tooling. Max has consistently been ranked in the top 10% of JavaScript developers and 5% of all developers for 5 years running on StackOverflow.com. He prides himself on quickly understanding and mastering new technologies and tools. Max is happy and capable when communicating high-level technical concepts to non-technical peers and is very comfortable interacting directly with clients. He is also very comfortable with travel. Max's specialties include Web development (Javascript, React, Node), Web Architecture, seamless integration of greater 3rd party infrastructure tools (CMS, CRM, Continuous Integration, Version Control, Search, Social Media, etc.), hand-coded, standards HTML/CSS layout coding, and Agile web development practices. He is experienced in MV* design patterns and has worked with Javascript (React/Redux, JQuery, Bootstrap, Angular 1.x), PHP, Python, Java, and C++. Max has previously worked as an Engineering Manager and Staff Engineer, Head of Frontend Development at Bread Finance. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Harvard Extension School and attended Concord Academy. Max's Tech Stack includes Web, Javascript, Integration, Frontend, CI/CD, PHP, Redux, Microservices, DevOps, Search, Software Engineer, infra, Python, Java, and Senior Software Engineer. With 16.70 years of relevant experience, Max is a highly skilled and sought-after Principal Engineer in the industry.