# Maxwell Hirsch > Senior Software Engineer Location: Seattle, Washington, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/maxwellhirsch Experienced Senior Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Computer Science, Javascript, React, Integration Automations, and a variety of Testing Suites. Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) focused in Computer Science, Asian Studies from Rice University. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Okta, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | Bellevue, Washington - Created and maintained the automations for onboarding new customers into the Okta Workflows product. - Owner and maintainer of UI and Data Layer micro services. - Lead a multi-team effort on the consolidation and expansion of the former Azuqua help tools with the new Okta help tools, including additional Elasticsearch capabilities. - Managed and extended Kubernetes based CI/CD test, build, and deploy pipelines for UI and Data Layer micro services. - Fixed all Data Layer Integration tests, rewrote them in Typescript, and integrated them into our CI/CD build and tests pipelines. This took coverage from 0% to 30%. - Lowered the barrier to entry on testing UI components by providing templates and tutorials. This lead to increased code coverage on all future PR's. - Implemented CI parallelization that decreased build and test job length by 28%. - A top 3 GitHub contributor (PR's submissions and reviews) for the entire Okta Workflows team (40+ engineers), and number 1 overall in our UI and Data Layer micro services. - Lead interviewer on all intern and FTE positions. ### Software Engineer @ Azuqua Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Seattle, Washington Working on the User Experience team to deliver an easy and intuitive to use product. - Creating and managing customer plans, features, and subscription stories. I created plan definitions, new feature sets, and their implementation in the UI. I also integrated the plans with the Stripe service and increased purchase capture by implementing up-sale strategies. - Handled the white-labling of Azuqua hosted, and self-hosted ISV's with large code refactoring efforts and new asset delivery strategies. - Created internal dashboards for Azuqua hosted, and self-hosted ISV's that included new database definitions and metrics for all feature consumption. - Implemented Immediate Error Notifications for customer integrations, with requisite UI components and backend email html compositions hooking into our email delivery services. - Implemented email Daily Summaries with requisite database tables containing rolling histories of client automation integrations. Tools: JavaScript, React, HTML/CSS, GitHub, Internal integration (Azuqua Product), Unit and E2E testing suites, Kubernetes, Mandrill, Cassandra, Postgres, Circle CI ### Software Engineer @ IBM Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 Mission: Create robust and enterprise level Cloud Management micro-services. I am currently focused Cloud Security, with previous experience on squads developing micro-services for Virtual Machines, Object Storage, and Access Control. Tools (Current): JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Node.js, AngularJS, REST, OpenStack (with, currently, a focus on Barbican), Python, Flask, Bootstrap, Docker Containers, Agile dev, DevOps, BDD/TDD, and the Spotify squad model. ### Teaching English @ Taiwan, Teacher Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Taipei, Taiwan Lived and worked in Taipei. I prepared original materials and taught multiple sections of English language classes to students ranging from 2nd to 11th grade. While the students learned English, my off-hours excursions through Taipei and elsewhere in Taiwan greatly furthered my proficiency in Chinese. ### Teaching Assistant @ Summer Math Institute Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 Mentored Elementary School students in Algebra in a fast-paced, advanced-placement environment, and assisted professor by grading exams and quizzes. ### Assistant Swim Coach @ Steiner Ranch Stars Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Austin, Texas Taught children ages five through sixteen basic to advanced swimming techniques. Also engaged in one-on-one private lessons with select students. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Computer Science, Asian Studies Rice University Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 ### Chinese Language National Taiwan Normal University Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 ### University of Westminster Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 ### TAMS University of North Texas Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maxwell-hirsch-b433114b --- Source: https://flows.cv/maxwellhirsch JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/maxwellhirsch/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22