Dan Maas

Building scalable services and systems for salesforce.com

Contact Information

Email: drmaas@duck.com

Phone: (612) 741-6581

Github: github.com/drmaas

Skills

  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • Nomad
  • Docker
  • Linux
  • Microservices
  • Domain Driven Design
  • Data Modeling
  • UML
  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • Groovy
  • Python
  • Go
  • Javascript, Typescript
  • Node.js
  • Kafka
  • SQL
  • Cassandra
  • MongoDB
  • OAuth, OIDC

Education

Master of Software Engineering

University of Minnesota, 2011 - 2013

GPA: 3.9

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering and Computure Science

University of Wisconsin, 1999 - 2004

GPA: 3.5

Work History

Principal Engineer

Salesforce, 2023 - Present

  • Designed authentication and authorization servers using OpenID Connect (OIDC)
  • Designed lead generation apps to capture marketing signals across Salesforce sites
  • Assisted scrum teams with microservices architectures

Principal Engineer

Target, 2021 - 2023

  • Created architecture for B2B ecommerce giftcard site (targetcorporategiftcards.com)
  • Defined a new application architecture for Redcard applications
  • Led design for Redcard account management

Principal Engineer

Target, 2017 - 2021

  • Designed platform and guest-facing omnichannel ecommerce apis for stores and web
  • Designed cart and checkout microservices
  • Led scrum team meetings and design reviews

Lead Engineer

Target, 2015 - 2017

  • Built microservices for inventory availability
  • Started goalert.me project and defined initial design
  • Contributed code to Spinnaker project

Licenses and Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Issued September 2023 - expires September 2026

Miscellaneous

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Coding
  • Hiking
  • Biking
  • Swimming
  • Yoga