Spencer Buja
Software Engineer 3 at ZipRecruiter
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSpencer Buja is a seasoned software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently contributing as a Software Engineer 3 at ZipRecruiter in New York. He blends a strong academic foundation in computer science and mathematics with practical expertise in NLP, developer analytics, and full-stack web development from roles at Microsoft and multiple startups. At Microsoft he owned developer analytics pipelines, produced high-impact research syntheses, and implemented a production NLP system collaborating with Microsoft Research, illustrating his ability to move novel models into scalable services. Early work includes medical image segmentation with a CNN+CRF that outperformed prior methods and mobile app integration, showing a knack for applied research as well as product delivery. Comfortable across Python, Node.js, and front-end frameworks, he pairs quantitative rigor with user-centered product ownership.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Computer Science, Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Computer Science, Cum Laude at University of MichiganComputer Science & Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering, Mathematics at UNSW AustraliaUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMenlo School
English
Github Skills (71)
structures10
text-processing10
simulations9
nlp9
alphabetical9
density-estimation9
visualization9
causal-inference9
text-classification9
causal9
bayesian9
corpus8
linear-models8
statsmodels8
causal-discovery8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/browsecloud
Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
A web app to create and browse text visualizations for automated customer listening.
Contributions:1 review, 30 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 6 months
nlpvisualizationreactlisteningjavascript
csbuja/TheMatrixHasYou
Nov 2014 - Jun 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
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