Max Schmeling is an engineering team lead at Automattic with 20 years of software development experience, ranging from mobile app development to large-scale web platform development. He began his career in desktop development at a call center, then transitioned to internal development roles at several Fortune 500 companies across various industries. Max later joined a startup that was eventually acquired by Automattic. Since joining Automattic, he has contributed to systems supporting some of the world’s largest websites. Currently, his team is focused on the Remote Data Blocks plugin for WordPress, which enables seamless integration with remote data sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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