# Max Schmitt

> Member of Technical Staff at Amazon AGI, working on Nova Act

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/maxschmitt

Open source enthusiast and software engineer working on Nova Act and browser use at Amazon AGI.

GitHub: github.com/mxschmitt

## Work Experience
### Member of Technical Staff @ Amazon
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Working on Nova Act at Amazon AGI Lab.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2026 | Berlin, Deutschland
Worked on the Playwright ecosystem (https://playwright.dev), a test automation framework enabling reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps.

- Maintained and developed Playwright language bindings for Python and .NET, ensuring feature parity with the core JavaScript version used by thousands of developers worldwide.
- Led release processes and version synchronization across all supported languages (JavaScript, Python, .NET, Java).
- Implemented key features including client certificate support, SOCKS proxy for remote browsers, and WebKit support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
- Created initial versions of Playwright VSCode extension and create-playwright CLI tool for project scaffolding.
- Managed DevOps and CI/CD infrastructure across Playwright repositories using GitHub Actions and Azure Pipelines.
- Developed and maintained infrastructure for rolling and validating WebKit browser builds, collaborating with Igalia WebKit team to resolve build and runtime issues.
- Maintained public Playwright Docker images and Docker-based build environments for compiling Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit.
- Enhanced Playwright Test Runner with web server integration, advanced assertions, and improved stability for complex end-to-end automation scenarios.
- Triaged and resolved complex issues from internal Microsoft teams and external customers via GitHub, ensuring compliance with security standards and dependency requirements.
DevDiv.

### Software Engineer II @ Microsoft
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Berlin, Deutschland
Working on the Playwright ecosystem (https://playwright.dev) a test automation framework which enables reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps.
DevDiv.

### Software Engineer @ Delivery Hero SE
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Berlin, Deutschland
- Abstracted duplicate frontend logic to improve code quality and ensured coding standards in the team
- Reduced the bundle size of a React (TypeScript) application by 30 percent by applying techniques like lazy loading polyfills to ensure fast loading times for 2-3 million users per month
- Used webserver and load balancer (Cloudflare) best practises to guarantee fast loading times

### Full Stack Developer @ scoutbee GmbH
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Würzburg, Bayern, Deutschland
- Built a custom CI/CD solution to create 20+ environments per day on Kubernetes for each Pull Request to simplify manual testing processes
- Created a microservice in Go to serve client configurations from Consul over different environments
- Developed a platform in Django and Typescript with React to enrich data for 8k+ companies/month

### Software Developer @ SALT Solutions AG
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Würzburg, Bayern, Deutschland
- Replaced existing ABAP based solutions with new websites and the SAP UI5 framework in JavaScript
- Setup up and maintained tooling which simplified development workflows for the team members
- Worked at the backend with ABAP to interact with the SAP EWM module

### Software Developer @ SUPERKORB
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Frankfurt am Main und Umgebung, Deutschland
- Planned and created a microservice architecture in Go with RabbitMQ on Kubernetes to crawl online grocery stores with handling over 1 million requests/week
- Designed and implemented the landing and other marketing webpages in PHP with October CMS


## Education
### Computer Science Expert in Software Development
Klara-Oppenheimer-Schule Würzburg
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/max-schmitt
- Website: https://max.sh
- GitHub: https://github.com/mxschmitt

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Last updated: 2026-03-20