Max Stoiber

Max Stoiber is a prominent figure in the tech industry, currently serving as the Co-founder and CEO of Stellate, a company that provides GraphQL CDN services with features like GraphQL Edge Caching, Metrics, and Rate Limiting.1

Professional Background

Max has an impressive career trajectory in software development and entrepreneurship:

Current Role:: Co-founder & CEO at Stellate (February 2021 - Present)1

Previous Positions::

• Senior Staff Software Engineer at Gatsby (2020-2021)
• Software Engineer at GitHub (2018-2020)
• Co-founder & CTO of Spectrum.chat (2017-2018), which was acquired by GitHub
• Open Source Developer at Thinkmill (2016-2017)

Technical Expertise

Max is known for his contributions to open-source projects and web development:

• Created styled-components, a popular CSS-in-JS solution for React applications
• Maintained KeystoneJS, a Node.js CMS
• Worked on real-time messaging at GitHub
• Developed visual editing capabilities for static sites built with Gatsby

Education and Awards

Max attended Sir-Karl-Popperschule, a school for highly-gifted children, where he obtained his High School Diploma.1 His work has been recognized with several awards, including:

• Forbes 30 under 30 (Austria) in 2018
• Multiple web design awards for projects like Frankensim

Online Presence

Max is active on various platforms:

• LinkedIn: @mxstbr
• Personal website: mxstbr.com
• GitHub: github.com/mxstbr

He occasionally writes articles and participates in podcasts, sharing his insights on topics such as user interface design and the transition from engineering to leadership.23