Dane Springmeyer
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Read AI
Bellingham, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDane Springmeyer is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance mapping platforms and developer tooling, currently based in Bellingham, WA. He has led cross-regional engineering teams and platform initiatives at Mapbox, driven cost and performance improvements in core map services, and now advises and builds products for startups and mature orgs through his consultancy and Read AI. Dane blends deep systems expertise—C++, ARM compiler optimizations, AWS Lambda deployments, and build/release automation—with practical open-source contributions such as stabilizing Mapbox GL native builds. A founder of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and an experienced outdoorsman, he brings a mission-driven perspective and a hands-on, collaborative leadership style. He’s also a woodworker and avid cyclist who applies the same craftsmanship to code and infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Fellow Cartography / Ornithology, Fellow Cartography / Ornithology at Thomas J. Watson FellowshipBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Geography / Biology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Geography / Biology at Middlebury College
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Github Skills (15)
automation10
automations10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
mapbox-gl10
cicd9
cmake9
nodejs9
monorepo6
homebrew6
mapnik6
python6
android5
ios5
opengl4
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
mapbox/mapbox-gl-native
Feb 2017 - Dec 2019
Interactive, thoroughly customizable maps in native Android, iOS, macOS, Node.js, and Qt applications, powered by vector tiles and OpenGL
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:16 commits, 75 PRs, 135 pushes in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Dane's contributions primarily focus on improving the build and release process for the "mapbox-gl-native" project. They updated the build configuration for the node package, including publishing both release and debug builds. Additionally, they fixed linking errors in the render-test and addressed warnings related to code analysis and reordering, indicating a focus on build stability and code quality. Their work also involved removing unused code and modifying build scripts, enhancing the overall build process.
mapbox-glios-androidc-plus-plusmap-matchinggeopackage
maplibre/maplibre-tile-spec
May 2024 - Aug 2024
Next generation vector tiles format
Contributions:96 reviews, 122 PRs, 133 pushes in 3 months
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