Kevin Maes

CEO

Málaga, Andalusia, Spain10 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years in web development and engineering management
Expert in building collaborative SaaS products
Strong advocate for developer experience and best practices

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused engineering leader with extensive experience in FinTech and developer experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical ArchitectureWorkflow DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentMobile App DevelopmentSaas Product DevelopmentCollaboration ToolsDeveloper ExperienceFull-stack DevelopmentEngineering ManagementClient EngagementFrontend EngineeringTeam DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentMentorship

Other Skills

Next.jsTemporal.ioPostgreSQLMCPTypeScriptReact NativeReact.jsXStateDocumentationPrismaData AnalyticsCommunicationEnd-to-end TestingModel Based TestingGraphQL

About

Creative software engineer with 20+ years experience in web development, engineering management, product development, digital consulting for startups and Fortune 500 companies.

Experience

Bluefolders

Agentic Engineer

Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos

Building agentic systems and orchestration layers at BlueFolders.ai, an AI-native venture studio that combines AI agents, human operators, and real-time validation to launch fundable companies with velocity and precision. Focused on technical architecture and workflow development across a portfolio of high-impact AI startups.

Next.jsTemporal.ioPostgreSQLMCPTypeScriptTechnical Architecture+1

Lab49

Tech Lead

Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 · 11 mos · New York, New York, United States · Remote

Web and Mobile app development consulting for FinTech clients

React NativeReact.jsXStateWeb DevelopmentMobile App Development

Stately

Senior Product Engineer

May 2022 – Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Remote · Remote

Developer on a 9-member team creating Stately Studio (from beta to 1.0 → 2.0), the company’s SaaS product, featuring a visual editor allowing team members to collaborate on code, diagrams, and documentation. This cutting edge app leverages state machines and AI so users can create, edit, and simulate software design flows and export them to working code using XState, a popular open source state orchestration library.
Stately Studio: state.new
Product ideation, innovation, and development of key full-stack features like the Stately Studio editor, GitHub Sync, Version History, and a premium Teams tier for team member collaboration.
Promoting XState and Stately Studio through advocacy: Live-streamed Office Hours, product demos, tech conferences, technical documentation, blog posts, Discord, and social media.

DocumentationPrismaData AnalyticsCommunicationNext.jsXstate+6

Batch

DX Engineer

Jan 2022 – Jul 2022 · 6 mos · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Remote

Improved developer experience and alignment on coding best practices for the full-stack team behind Batch’s cross-platform mobile app for social event and trip planning.
Built out processes related to build tools, code quality, architecture, automation, and documentation for this React Native app.

Redux ToolkitData AnalyticsReact NativeTypeScriptDeveloper ExperienceFull-Stack Development

Giant machines (-> deloitte digital, 2024)

Director of Engineering

Jan 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · New York, New York, United States

Directed 45-engineer team through 2x growth, fostering a culture of diversity and advancement, drafted an engineer growth framework which led to 14 promotions to senior positions.
Designed and executed an comprehensive onboarding program of 22 sessions and workshops that prepared 10 engineer cohort of new hires for client project readiness within a month.
Enhanced Agile project delivery and client engagement, playing a key role in sales engineering and resource allocation, significantly improving client acquisition, relations, and satisfaction.

Sales EngineeringCommunicationTechnical LeadershipEngineering ManagementHiringClient Development+2

Giant machines

2 roles

Head of Frontend Engineering

Promoted

Oct 2017 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos · New York, New York, United States

Spearheaded 6 client project lifecycles from innovation, incubation to alpha/beta releases and standardized engineering architecture/processes, optimizing team delivery and capabilities.
Prioritized engineer development through mentorship, curating over 50+ Lunch & Learn + Morning Bytes sessions, conducting 50+ technical interviews, personally mentoring 4 junior engineers to senior or principal roles.

Application ArchitectureSoftware Engineering PracticesCommunicationTechnical LeadershipTech leadApplication Development+4

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2016 – Sep 2017 · 11 mos · New York, New York, United States

Led development of a high-performance bond trading platform with OpenFin+React, collaborating internationally and mentoring developers.
Promoted best practices in TDD, application architecture, state management, functional programming, and UI optimization.

TestingTechnical LeadershipReact.jsOpenFinReduxSoftware Development+1

Thomson reuters

2 roles

Software Engineer - Eikon Messenger

Jan 2013 – Oct 2016 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Greater New York City Area

Software Developer - Reuters Insider

Jun 2009 – Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Greater New York City Area

Nbc universal

Senior Flash Developer

Apr 2008 – May 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo

C2 creative

Senior Flash Developer

Feb 2007 – Apr 2008 · 1 yr 2 mos

Tek 212, inc.

Owner, Web Developer

Nov 2006 – Dec 2016 · 10 yrs 1 mo · Greater New York City Area

Software engineering consulting in NYC for Thomson Reuters (Eikon, Insider), 2009-2016.
Clients: NBCU Universal, Time Inc. C2 Creative (Omnicom), Showtime, Behavior, RichFX (Channel Advisor)

Communication