Maxim Mai
About Maxim Mai
Maxim Mai is a software developer currently working at Wealthsimple in the Greater Toronto Area and involved in the Piano4Schools nonprofit initiative.
Current Roles
Maxim Mai is currently working at Piano4Schools.com, a nonprofit organization involved in the restoration and donation of pianos to public schools and community spaces. He has been with the organization since 2023. Concurrently, Maxim also holds a position as a Software Developer at Wealthsimple in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, since 2022.
Previous Employment
Maxim Mai's career includes significant roles in various companies. From 2019 to 2022, he served as a Senior Lead Software Engineer at Paymentus in Canada. Before that, he worked at IBM as an Advisory Software Engineer from 2017 to 2018 and as a Staff Software Engineer from 2015 to 2017 in the Toronto, Canada area. He co-founded MongoHouse and worked there from 2015 to 2019. His initial roles at IBM included being a Software Engineer from 2012 to 2015 and a Software Development Engineer In Test from 2010 to 2011. He also worked briefly as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Toronto from 2011 to 2012.
Education and Expertise
Maxim Mai holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, which he completed between 2007 and 2012. His educational background has laid the foundation for his comprehensive expertise in software engineering and development. This academic experience augmented his skills in both theoretical and practical aspects of computer science.
Piano4Schools Involvement
Maxim Mai is actively involved in Piano4Schools, a nonprofit initiative aimed at restoring and donating pianos to public schools and community spaces. He takes part in the entire process, from sourcing pianos through platforms like Facebook Marketplace and Kijiji to dealing with the challenging logistics of moving these heavy instruments, which can weigh anywhere between 400-750 lbs. Notably, he participated in the restoration of a Karn piano built in Toronto in October 1910, which was subsequently donated to Richmond Hill High School.