Phil Mass
Senior Software Engineer at CreativeX
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhil Mass is a senior software engineer in Portland with a rare blend of algorithmic rigor and visual design sensibility, backed by over two decades of professional software work spanning robotics, real-time visual effects, and modern web development. He led and wrote the original Roomba codebase, founded two product-driven companies, earned an Emmy for real-time virtual-production tooling, and holds 37 patents across robotics and VFX innovations. More recently he has pivoted to JavaScript, React, Node.js and functional programming, building accessible, tested front-ends and serverless backends while improving CI/CD and UX at startups. Phil combines low-level performance expertise (C/C++, embedded systems, GPU compute) with shipping production web apps, making him adept at bridging hardware-constrained problems and cloud-native web architectures.
8 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Physics/Sculpture, Summa Cum Laude, BS, Physics/Sculpture, Summa Cum Laude at University of OregonUniversity of MichiganMS, Physics, MS, Physics at University of WashingtonReact, Javascript, Ruby, React, Javascript, Ruby at Epicodus
Github Skills (38)
displays10
trains9
api8
rubiks-cube8
crossword7
multiplication7
solver7
editable7
react6
puzzle6
javascript5
relationship4
loader4
minimum4
google-maps4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
philrmass/reminder-pwa
Nov 2018 - Feb 2019
A calendar-replacement progressive web app (PWA) that displays an editable list of your upcoming events and that you can install on your phone
Contributions:100 commits, 101 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
reacteventscalendareditablephone
philrmass/kanoodle-solver
Dec 2019 - May 2021
A solver for the puzzle game Kanoodle
Contributions:49 commits, 49 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
crosswordgamesolverpuzzlerubiks-cube
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