# Maxwell Sechzer

> Senior Software Engineer at Greenhouse Software

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/maxwellsechzer

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Greenhouse Software
Jan 2019 – Present

### Lead Software Engineer @ Persado
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
• Conducted Performance reviews, held 1:1s, ran weekly and monthly planning meetings for the Persado self service team.
• Reorganized the team’s development cycle allowing us to release monthly, with a 50% decrease in bug reports and critical bug fixes.
• Developed a curriculum to improve the Object Oriented Programming knowledge and experience of the team.
• Managed the development and deployment of Persado’s first Chrome extension
• Trained new technical leads to be able to manage their teams and deploy their applications without my supervision

### Software Engineer Technical Lead @ Persado
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
• Managed, wrote MVP code for, and launched Persado Social, an application using the Facebook Graph and Marketing APIs to develop the ability for our clients to use Persado technology to improve the copy on their Facebook ads.
• Lead the development, planning, deployment, and hiring requirements for Persado’s self service applications.
• Wrote Persado’s first web payments integration using Stripe
• Work with UX, QA, Data Science, IT, and Product teams to develop product direction, write user stories, find and fix bugs, and plan future development cycles based on the Product Roadmap.
• Conducted code reviews, improved test coverage, and handled deployments.
• Began the transition of Persado's codebase from Rails 4.x, MYSQL, and Backbone/Marionette to Rails 5, Postgresql, and React.

### Software Engineer @ Persado
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
• Developed the frontend and backend of the Persado enterprise system.
• Worked on major features such as Aggregate Content Reporting and creation and analysis of Persado based controls.
• Performed several refactors and upgrades such as upgrading Backbone/Marionette and redesigning the grammar parser in OO manner.
• Solely developed two greenfield projects using Rails 4 and Angular.

### Independent Researcher @ Franklin & Marshall College
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
• Researched the relationship between perinatal environment, metabolism, and coping style in Bobwhite quail
• Performed open flow respirometry trials, implemented novel behavioral assays developed the previous summer, and raised a small population of Bobwhite quail from eggs
• Analysed data using Excel and SPSS

### Hackman Summer Researcher @ Franklin & Marshall College
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
• Created protocols for raising and maintaining laboratory Bobwhite quail and Bengalese finch populations
• Developed behavioral assays for both Bobwhite quail and Bengalese finches for use the following year
• Wrote a VBA script in Excel to automate the analysis and data storage for the Golondrinas de las Americas project

### Neuroscience Researcher @ Franklin & Marshall College
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
• Participated in research on inherited non-syndromic mental retardation in Amish and Mennonite populations
• Designed forward and reverse primers to target desired genetic sequences during purification
• Amplified and purified DNA from human neuroblasts and kidney cells using PCR and gel electrophoresis
• Ligated the PCR product into a plasmid vector and transfected it into E. coli
• Transfected DNA product into mouse neuroblasts for subsequent immunofluorescence

### Collaborative Researcher @ Franklin & Marshall College
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
• Researched the relationship between metabolic rate and movement behavior in wild Carolina
  chickadees
• Captured wild birds every weekend, applied bands and RFID tags, took blood, and recorded body
  metrics
• Wrote a VBA script in Excel to sort and analyse the data
• Presented findings at the Fall 2012 F&M research fair and the Spring 2012 F&M research fair

### Research Engineer @ Franklin & Marshall College
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012
• Worked in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to investigate the effects of temperature on tree swallow incubation behavior using Peltier units
• Caught resident tree swallows daily, applied bands and RFID tags, took blood, and recorded body metrics
• Maintained wired and wireless network connecting 500 nest boxes to a central server
• Installed, repaired, and operated proprietary network capable Peltier units, thermocouples, network cameras, and RFID readers for the nest boxes
• Developed an Arduino based entry-exit detector to improve reliability of bird movement data


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Neuroscience
Franklin & Marshall College
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

### App Academy


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maxwellsechzer

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Last updated: 2026-03-22