Maximilian Marowsky
Product Manager · EdTech Founder
Summary
I co-founded an EdTech startup that built a game-based learning app from scratch, grew it to acquisition, and now design AI-powered systems that make educational quality measurable at scale. My psychology background shapes how I understand learning; 7 years of working in EdTech shape how I build educational products. I care about safe learning experiences that give people real self-efficacy and adapt to who learners are and where they're headed. Building that at Anthropic's Education Labs is the opportunity I've been working toward.
Experience
Product Manager — eduki, Berlin
Largest marketplace for teaching materials in Germany.
AI Quality Assessment
- Designed and shipped an AI-powered quality assessment system for 800k+ teaching materials based on a research collaboration with Prof. John Hattie.
- Built safeguards against prompt injection and score manipulation; designed A/B test to validate impact on conversion and revenue.
Marketplace
- Took ownership of a new product area (Product Page, Cart, Checkout, Favorites) and built up a new team around it. Ran discovery cycles and shipped data-driven optimizations through continuous A/B testing.
eduki Interactive (Intrapreneurship)
- Led a small autonomous cross-functional team to integrate and grow our app within the marketplace after acquisition. Navigated the transition from founder-led product to operating within a 150-person organization — adapting processes, aligning stakeholders, and finding the right balance between speed and coordination.
Co-Founder & CEO — pearprogramming
Co-founded an EdTech startup with a vision of building an intelligent tutoring system capable of automated Socratic dialogues and individualized feedback. Built a game-based learning app, from idea to acquisition by eduki in 2022.
- Pivoted from a programming-only app to an all-subjects interactive lesson platform when the market proved too narrow, which made pearprogramming valuable enough for acquisition.
- Scaled to 3.5 million learner sessions and 29 million interactive tasks completed. Built and led a team of ~10 people across product, engineering, and design.
Education
M.Sc. Psychology
University of Witten/Herdecke
Grade: 1.5 (excellent). Thesis: Motivation in learning within computer science education.
B.Sc. Psychology
University of Witten/Herdecke
Grade: 1.7.
Cognitive Science
University of Osnabrück
Transferred to Psychology at Witten/Herdecke.
Research
The Teacher-Centered Perspective on Digital Game-Based Learning
In: "Game-based Learning Across the Disciplines" (Springer, 2021)
Co-authored book chapter on how teachers can integrate game-based learning effectively.
Research Assistant — German Paediatric Pain Centre
Datteln, Germany · OCT 2015 – DEC 2017
Research, test diagnostics, and quantitative data analysis in a pediatric pain research center.
Side Projects
Built with Claude Code
- This CV and my website maxmarowsky.com
- Case-based training app for paramedic trainees — built around realistic scenarios, actively tested with domain experts via TestFlight
- Vocabulary trainer that visualizes learning progress as a growing knowledge graph — making invisible progress visible and motivating
- Integration app for refugees in Germany — everything in the user's native language, with Claude as an in-app assistant for bureaucratic questions and document analysis
- Personalized children's books app