Max Garceau

Back-end Developer

Front-end Developer

Freelancer

Programmer

Max Garceau

Back-end Developer

Front-end Developer

Freelancer

Programmer

About Me

Hello! I’m Max Garceau.

I'm a senior fullstack engineer with over eight years of experience building large-scale integrations, leading data migrations, and helping bring AI features into production at companies like Intuit and Mailchimp. I care deeply about distributed systems, clean architecture, and mentoring teams to deliver work that lasts. Right now I'm preparing to start a masters at Georgia Tech and always looking for ways to stay passionate in a field that never stops changing.


  • Age: 34
  • Residence: US
  • Reading: Designing Data Intensive Applications
  • Address: New York City, NY, United States
Areas of Expertise
Systems Architecture & Integration

Designing distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and third-party API ecosystems at scale. Experience with Kafka, idempotent design patterns, and cross-platform data synchronization across millions of users.

 

AI Feature Engineering

Integrating generative AI (Gemini, GPT, Claude) directly into web products to unlock automation, personalization, and intelligent user journeys. Focus on practical, production-ready AI deployments that drive adoption.

 

Legacy Modernization & Data Migration

Bringing 12-year-old applications under test, migrating millions of records with 100% integrity, and retrofitting modern APIs onto aging systems without missing a beat.

 

Fullstack Development

End-to-end ownership from pixel-perfect React frontends to battle-tested Laravel, Spring Boot, and Node.js backends. Cloud-native, containerized, and always built with observability in mind.

 

Clients
Testimonials
Fun Facts
Hablo español =)
500 miles hiked
8 Countries Visited
Resume
Experience
2024 - Present
Senior Fullstack Web Developer
Intuit | Mailchimp

I architect and optimize high-scale systems—spanning React, Node.js, PHP, and AWS/GCP—that power the integration ecosystem for Mailchimp’s email marketing and automation platforms, used by millions of users globally. My focus is on building resilient, cloud-native solutions that enable rapid partner onboarding and deliver intelligent features, all supported by robust observability and fault-tolerant design.

  • Architected a generalized scheduling integration framework, abstracting initial Wix Bookings logic into a multi-partner ecosystem; enabled rapid, modular onboarding for partners including Calendly and Acuity.

  • Engineered a massive-scale data migration pipeline to ingest 16M+ Wix product and variant records; implemented idempotent processing, replayability, and robust observability (Grafana/Splunk) to ensure 100% data integrity.

  • Spearheaded generative AI integration (Mailchimp and Wix) that allows users to set up fully functional, end-to-end email marketing journeys with a single click, driving a 30% increase in adoption of automated campaigns.

  • Built Lead Ads API integrations with Meta, Google, LinkedIn, Snap, and TikTok, creating a unified system to synchronize leads seamlessly with Mailchimp’s core email marketing functionality.

  • Developed a cross-platform ecommerce tracking library to map Wix user events to Mailchimp marketing actions via Google Pixel, enabling high-precision retargeting and behavior-based automation.

  • Launched a Canva Publisher integration, allowing millions of users to sync designs directly into Mailchimp campaigns, streamlining the creative-to-marketing workflow.

  • Diagnosed and resolved complex technical bugs across a diverse array of integrations, collaborating with multiple teams to ensure stability while proactively mentoring team members and reducing tech debt in a fast-growth environment.

2021 - 2024
Senior Backend Developer
Modern Tribe

At Modern Tribe, I served as the lead engineer for Café Bon Appétit, a $1M annual account serving a 1,200+ cafeteria management company with a network of 450+ active sites and over 250k daily visits, including clients such as Google, Oracle, and eBay. I architected new applications and APIs while optimizing legacy systems, providing technical guidance across teams to ensure scalable, high-performance delivery.

  • Lead engineer for Café Bon Appétit ($1M annual account); responsible for client onboarding, technical project guidance, and team mentorship. Consistently delivered on contract renewals with increased budgets year over year.

  • Enhanced promotion capabilities by creating Promo Publisher, an internal app that syncs marketing efforts across external services via API, resulting in a significant increase in campaign consistency and quality.

  • Modernized a 12-year-old legacy system by architecting a Laravel API to retrofit the original database and defining OpenAPI specifications for all development teams to follow, regularly achieving 10x performance improvements and greater.

  • Built and scaled applications using Laravel, React, CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Docker, and AWS cloud services; optimized existing systems and provided architectural guidance to ensure reliability and maintainability across teams.

 

2018 - 2021
Full Stack Web Developer
Red Earth Design

As a core developer on a nimble, high-growth, 8-person startup team, I owned the end-to-end delivery of custom web platforms—from initial concept to launch—while also building internal tools and libraries that multiplied our efficiency across dozens of client sites.

  • Architected a programmatic site network with a global admin dashboard, empowering users to easily customize branding and content at both the global and local level. Managed the entire network efficiently using WP Remote.

  • Created and maintained customized, reusable themes tailored to the specific preferences of our design partners, fostering long-term collaborations with firms like Bixler Creative and ensuring rapid, consistent project delivery.

  • Developed internal software libraries and established technical best practices, enabling the small team to maintain high-velocity development while mentoring junior members and ensuring long-term retention of key design partners.

 

2015 - 2018
Music Producer and Musician
Songwriter Shelter Studios

Music. My first love.

Frameworks
  • React / Redux
  • Laravel
  • Express.js
  • Django
Back End
  • Generative AI Integrations
  • RESTful API Design / Open API 3.0 Specification
  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Client Server Architecture
  • Creating and Maintaining Scalable BE Architecture
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Docker, AWS, CI/CD with GitHub Actions
  • DataDog, Splunk, Bugsnag
  • Cloudflare
Testing
  • PHPUnit / Pest / Codeception
  • Jest / Vitest / Enzyme / Mocha
Front End
  • Mockup to Web
  • Responsive Development
  • Cross Browser Web Design
  • Sass / PostCSS
  • Tailwind / Bootstrap
  • jQuery
  • BEM / Atomic CSS
  • Webpack / Grunt / Gulp
Design
  • Adobe Photo Shop
  • Canva
  • Figma
  • Audio Recording / Editing
Education
2022 - Present
Khan Academy
Online
  • Algebra 1
  • Geometry
  • Algebra 2
  • Trigonometry
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Precalculus
  • Calculus
2017 - 2018
Free Code Camp
Online

Frontend Development Certificate (JavaScript, responsive development, git, HTML/CSS)

2010 - 2013
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA
Computer Languages
  • PHP
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • Python
  • Java
Human Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
  • German
  • French

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Beyond Max's technical excellence, his leadership as the project's lead engineer has been invaluable. He consistently provided insightful consultation to our clients regarding long-term planning and migration strategies, ensuring alignment with business goals and technological advancements. Max possesses a rare blend of technical expertise, strategic vision, and collaborative spirit, making them a tremendous asset at Modern Tribe.
Chris Kindred
Chris Kindred
Director of Engineering at Modern Tribe
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Instead of saying that something isn’t possible and shutting things down, Max approaches things constructively. He brings a high level of quality to everything he does.
Emma Barker
Emma Barker
Owner of Red Earth Design
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