About

Maxim Litvinov is a Principal/Staff/Lead Back-End Engineer with over 14 years of relevant experience in the industry. Currently working as a Staff Software Engineer at Nylas, he has previously worked at Hippo Insurance as a Senior Back-End Engineer - Billing and at Dish Network as a Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer. At Hippo Insurance, Maxim was responsible for developing and implementing insurance policy payment processing and claims handling backend systems in collaboration with product owners and stakeholders. He determined system requirements and design and provided rules and workflow engines to support business requirements and automate manual processes. Maxim was the main point of contact with third-party vendors on integration and issue resolution and gathered feedback pre and post-release, ensuring high levels of innovation, efficiency, and results. He single-handedly supported all billing operations and expansion, spanning insurance policy billing, insurance claim billing, accounting reporting, and bank and credit card systems integration. Maxim also led a complex project to fully automate the claims payment insurance processes, resulting in significant cost savings and time/labor reduction. He developed and delivered a customized system to run a financial incentives campaign for field service agents. At Dish Network, Maxim conceptualized, built, and implemented applications, working closely with product and business teams to increase value by delivering world-class, customer-focused products. He oversaw and managed a cross-functional team, encouraging a fast-paced, inspirational environment that promotes ongoing personal and professional development and achievement of organizational goals. Maxim operated within a Node.js environment (express.js, Ramda.js) and significantly lowered AWS expenses by 4x through optimization of architecture. He also increased PoC development speed from months to weeks, resulting in a cost savings during the initial product cycle. Maxim holds a Master's degree in Informational Security from Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics. His tech stack includes Backend, Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Javascript, Integration, NodeJS, and AWS. Maxim is a highly skilled and experienced engineer with a proven track record of delivering high-quality products and services.