Gent Semaj
Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolGent Semaj is a Software Engineer II at Microsoft with 11 years of hands-on experience spanning full-stack web, game and systems development, signal processing, reverse engineering, and robotic control systems. A Computer Science & Engineering graduate from Ohio State, he has contributed to Xbox OS and shipped C++/Win32 platform features while also building web products with React and PowerApps during prior internships. He led Ohio State’s Cybersecurity Club, organizing large CTFs and training resources, reflecting deep practical interest in offensive security and vulnerability analysis. His research work applied machine learning and big-data analysis to optimize additive manufacturing, demonstrating an ability to bridge academic research and production engineering. Based in Bellevue, WA, Gent is comfortable diving into unfamiliar domains like embedded systems and ML, and brings a blend of systems-level thinking and applied experimentation that surfaces in both platform engineering and security-focused projects.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering at The Ohio State UniversityHigh School Honors Diploma, High School Honors Diploma at Kirtland High School
English, Albanian, Japanese
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Github Skills (66)
mmo10
reverse-engineering10
server10
microservices9
infrastructure9
cross-platform9
rust8
adaptation8
dx8
discord-bot8
discord8
mongodb-atlas7
zsh7
service-catalog7
backstage7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
OpenFusionProject/FFSpy
May 2021 - Jan 2022
.NET Decompiler with support for PDB generation, ReadyToRun, Metadata (&more) - cross-platform!
Contributions:22 commits, 20 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
dotnetpdbc-sharpcsharpcross-platform
yungcomputerchair/space.io
Dec 2019 - Jan 2024
Simple multiplayer web-based IO game using Node.js
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 28 pushes in 4 years 2 months
io-gamegamesocket-iomultiplayer-gamenode-js
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