Peter Glotfelty
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Glotfelty is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with eight years of experience building data-driven and distributed systems, currently focused on leveraging strong type systems and functional programming to deliver robust solutions. He began his career reducing cognitive overhead in Windows engineering and progressed to using data and ML in Windows Build to predict process durations and surface customer value. Peter contributes to the Rust ecosystem—most notably enhancing the strum crate with custom derives and enum utilities—demonstrating practical language tooling expertise beyond his day job. A high-achieving Ohio State alum (3.98 GPA) who started as an RA, he combines technical rigor with empathy and community-building skills. He thrives on exploring new problem spaces and translating insights into measurable impact for customers and teams.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, 3.98 (4.00 scale), Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, 3.98 (4.00 scale) at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (7)
macros10
rust-lang10
rust10
enums10
iterator9
testing7
documentation7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Peternator7/strum
Mar 2018 - Mar 2021
A small rust library for adding custom derives to enums
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:61 commits in 3 years
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to the development of the `strum` library, focusing on adding and improving derive macros for Rust enums. They implemented features such as `Display` and `EnumIter` traits, expanding the functionality of the library. Further contributions included documentation updates and refactoring, as well as fixing compilation issues. The user's work is centered around providing tools for enum manipulation and enhancement within the Rust ecosystem.
rust-libraryrustenumstrumrust-lang
Azure/prometheus-collector
Dec 2021 - Aug 2022
Contributions:5 commits in 8 months
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