Maximillian Mahlke

Senior Software Engineer L3 (Gen Ai Machine Learning) @Qvest US

Denver, CO, US

Spearheaded proof-of-concept for AI-driven agentic application that secured substantial enterprise funding, leading end-to-end development from ideation through implementationScaled PoC to production MVP, designing cross-business-unit shared tooling and infrastructure that became critical production componentsArchitected and implemented agentic workflow system for automated content generation, including custom parsers for complex image formats, plan-review agent loops using multimodal LLMs, and scalable batching mechanisms for variant generationConducted deep technical research to handle advanced visual effects and layer compositions in production systems, building robust ingestion pipelines for complex media formatsLed architectural migration from monolithic to distributed microservices architecture, providing technical leadership on system design and cloud infrastructure patterns (S3, DynamoDB, SQS)Facilitated hiring and onboarding of 8-10 engineers while navigating complex multi-stakeholder environmentBuilt real-time video inference demo for major media convention, enabling dynamic agent configuration and custom prompt-based content extraction across live and recorded videoDeveloped streaming media proof-of-concept utilizing custom MCP protocol implementation for cross-service communicationMaintained high-velocity delivery across full stack: GenAI/LLM systems, frontend, backend, infrastructure, and DevOps