# Max Katz

## About

yo, I’m Max, an engineer based in Tbilisi, with 4 years of experience, obsessed with open source, developer tools, and good design.
So far, my projects have earned 1,500+ stars on GitHub and even [$10,000 from Vercel](https://x.com/maxktz/status/2054002605701861496).
I also share my work on X, where I've pulled over 7M views this year!

## Links

- [Website](https://maxkatz.me/)
- [Book a call](https://cal.com/maxktz)
- [X (Twitter)](https://x.com/maxktz)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/maxktz)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxktz)
- [Email](mailto:me@maxkatz.me)
- [Resume](https://maxkatz.me/resume.pdf)

## Experience

- **Open to work** — Full-stack developer (Jun 26 - Now · Remote)
- **Network Infrastructure Company, Stealth** — Product engineer (Jun 25 - Jun 26 · Remote)
  - Built payment orchestration system with 5 providers including Stripe, PayPal, with tokenization, internal balances, subscriptions and usage billing.
  - Redesigned and optimized the dashboard, login, checkout page, enhancing the UX.
  - Developed blog & landing with NextJS, optimized SEO, migrated legacy WordPress to PayloadCMS.
  - Helped scale infrascturure by refactoring legacy Python monolith into microservices with RabbitMQ.
- **Web3 Startup, Stealth** — Full-stack engineer (Feb 25 - Jun 25 · Remote)
  - Built and designed an admin dashboard with NextJS for platform management and analytics.
  - Wired real-time updates in the dashboard using WebSockets and Supabase.
  - Implemented secure access control with permissions and admin logs.
  - Made user auth impersonation feature between both admin and user dashboards.
- **Self employed** — Full-stack engineer (Feb 22 - Now · Remote)
  - Started as a designer, making logos and animations using Adobe Illustrator, PS and AE.
  - Became a full-stack developer designing and developing web applications from scratch.

## Skills

- **Language:** TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Rust
- **Frontend:** React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Motion, Expo, Base UI, Radix UI, TanStack
- **Backend:** Node.js, Bun, PostgreSQL, Redis, tRPC, GraphQL, MongoDB, Better Auth, Drizzle
- **Infrastructure:** AWS, Vercel, Cloudflare, Linux, Docker, Neon, Supabase, Convex, Railway, PlanetScale, Stripe
- **Workflow:** Neovim, Herdr, Codex, GitHub, Linear, Pi, Cursor, Claude, Zed
- **Design:** Figma, Paper, Photoshop
- **Spoken:** English, Hebrew, Russian

## Projects

- [PayKit](https://paykit.sh): The billing framework for TypeScript. Source: [GitHub repository](https://github.com/getpaykit/paykit).
- [Superzed](https://github.com/maxktz/superzed): My custom Zed editor fork, archived.
- [Hitch](https://github.com/maxktz/hitch): CLI for sharing terminals with coding agents.
- [OpenSec](https://opensec.sh): Platform to donate AI subscription spare usage. Source: [GitHub repository](https://github.com/maxktz/opensec).