About

Max Kaplan is a seasoned technology leader currently serving as Senior Director of Site Reliability and Data Engineering at Kraken. He is heavily focused on DevOps, Big Data, Cryptocurrency, High Frequency Trading, Cybersecurity, and Management. Outside of the tech world, Max can be found watching sports or training for his next triathlon.

Publications

• Kurtas, S., Kaplan, M., Gandhi, S., & Hunt, S. (2023, April 6). Scaling Kraken's trading infrastructure for the next decade of growth. Kraken Blog. Retrieved from https://blog.kraken.com/crypto-education/performance-at-kraken
• Kaplan, M. (2019, May 23). Thinking algorithmic in Assembly. Medium. Retrieved August 6, 2022, from https://medium.com/hackernoon/thinking-algorithmic-in-assembly-775e768c03e2
• Kaplan, M. (2017, December 20). What you don't know about bitcoin. HackerNoon. Retrieved August 6, 2022, from https://hackernoon.com/what-you-dont-know-about-bitcoin-9aafedbeb096

Open Source Contributions

• Terraform Provider: MySQL
• bitcoin/bitcoin
• lightningnetwork/lnd
• apache/druid (Co-author)
• debezium/debezium
• metabase/metabase
• kaplanmaxe/cryptocheck

Personal Endeavors

• Udemy: ES6 Javascript Essentials
• DipQuit: Original founder before the mobile app was acquired