Software engineer · Seattle, WA

Backend services.
Thoughtful tools.

I’m Spencer Maas, a software engineer with 8+ years of experience. I build C#/.NET applications, Azure services, and developer tools in Rust and C.

01 / Selected work

Built to be used.

Personal projects, from the terminal
to the browser.

02 / Developer tool

  • C
  • Win32

Drift

A keyboard-driven workspace manager and file browser for Windows. Bring related folders together, keep shared notes, and resume Claude Code sessions. Built in C on Win32, with no runtime dependencies.

68 seconds: folders, shared notes, session management, and VS Code workspace generation. Real Drift interface with sample data and scripted agent and editor handoffs.

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Engineering notes

Windows file locks serialize concurrent settings edits. Regression tests cover settings updates and process launching, alongside the terminal navigation and workspace workflows.

Grok Exporter showing saved conversations and its conversation viewer

03 / Web & extension

  • JavaScript
  • Next.js

Grok Exporter

A browser extension and companion web app for saving and organizing Grok conversations. Export chats, browse the archive, and bring a conversation back into view.

Two parts of one workflow: capture in the browser, then manage the exported conversations.

02 / Professional experience

Work with real impact.

The full resume

Hours → <1s

C# desktop integration runtime, after fixing a synchronization-context bottleneck.

Thousands → 1

Sequential API calls combined into a single request to reduce network overhead.

Jenkins →
Azure DevOps

Led the migration of CI/CD, package hosting, and deployments.

Schneider Electric

Jun 2020 — Present

Software Engineer II Jun 2021 — Present

Backend services, GIS integrations, and internal tools. Built C# REST APIs on Azure with Cosmos DB, Service Bus messaging libraries, and graph-based network models using Oracle data.

Automated data validation and reporting with Python, built unit and integration tests, and mentored junior engineers and interns.

Software Engineer · Contract via Actalent Jun 2020 — Jun 2021

Built an ArcGIS Pro add-in for SQL Server geospatial data and extraction tools for Power BI teams.

EASi LLC

Jan 2018 — Dec 2019

Software Engineer I

Built a C#/WPF application to monitor real-time sensor readings and send automated alerts through the Slack API.

03 / A bit about me

Curious about the
details underneath.

I like understanding how software works below the surface: how data moves, where time goes, and why an interface feels natural.

That curiosity takes me from .NET services and geospatial systems to terminal tools, Rust, and the history of programming language design. I care about clear behavior and thoughtful abstractions.

B.S. Computer Science
Washington State University · 2014–2018

My toolkit

Backend & data

C# / .NET, REST APIs, Azure, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Oracle, SQL Server

Systems & tools

Rust, C, Python, Linux, tmux, Win32

Build & delivery

Git, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, CI/CD, unit and integration testing

04 / Get in touch

Have something
worth building?

I’d like to hear about engineering roles, interesting technical problems, or something you’re working on.

spencermaas8@outlook.com

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