Derek Monner
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google
Woodinville, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDerek Monner is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 14 years of experience combining deep research roots in AI and neural networks with a decade of product and technical leadership at Google. He led Google Domains from core DNS and registrar infrastructure to public APIs and migration projects, balancing hands-on coding, architecture, and people management for teams up to 30. Comfortable translating complex technical problems to stakeholders, he’s shipped user-facing domain search, DNS configuration automation, and Domain Connect adoption while mentoring engineers and shaping engineering policy. His Ph.D.-level background in structured ML and language processing—plus practical systems work from flight systems to cloud services—gives him a rare mix of theoretical rigor and production pragmatism. Based in Woodinville, WA, Derek is quietly obsessed with DNS and interested in refocusing his skills toward global challenges like climate change and democratic resilience.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College ParkBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science Mathematics at University of Iowa
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Github Skills (8)
twitter-search8
plug6
unity-game-engine6
raycasting6
twitter5
storage4
databases3
mysql3
Github contributions (1)
dmonner/tweater
Jan 2012 - Jul 2013
Contributions:13 commits in 1 year 6 months
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