Max Stoiber

Co-founder & CEO at Stellate

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.2 3

Highlights

Nov 12 · twitter

My first ship at @Shopify with @madmath: building our version of the McMaster-Carr shop 🚢🚢🚢

https://t.co/HeWvpEEMQV

Next up: make it (and every other Liquid Storefront) feel faster and faster while making Liquid simpler and more powerful 🚀

LFG!

Nov 10 · twitter

Deadmau5 closing Red Rocks with full-length Strobe last weekend 🥹✨ https://t.co/CiB9tqTbIF

Oct 6 · InfoQ.com

GraphQL Caching on the Edge - InfoQ.com

Oct 6 · InfoQ.com

GraphQL Caching on the Edge - InfoQ.com

Experience

Co-founder & CEO at Stellate (February 2021 - Present)

Senior Staff Software Engineer at Gatsby (February 2020 - February 2021), Software Engineer at GitHub (November 2018 - February 2020), Co-founder & CTO at Spectrum.chat (March 2017 - November 2018), Open Source Developer at Thinkmill (April 2016 - March 2017), Frontend Development Intern at Animade (January 2015 - April 2015)

Education

Certified Austrian Ski Instructor in Sporttraining/Trainer at NÖSLV (2013 - 2014), High School Diploma at Sir-Karl-Popperschule (2010 - 2014), Wiedner Gymnasium (2006 - 2010), Neulandschule Favoriten (2002 - 2006)