About
Alex Maass spent nine years at Palantir in roles including Forward Deployed Engineering Lead and Production Engineering Manager, where he oversaw distributed teams and EMEA operations. He previously completed hardware engineering internships at Nvidia and MSI.
Founder at InvariaYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Alex went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Alex can intro founders to Invaria's investors below.
Invaria's investors · 1
Co-founders at Invaria
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Ben HallFounder
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Sam KramerFounder
Experience
- Onodrim IndustriesFounding Engineercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- invaria (YC S24)Co-Founder2024 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Palantir TechnologiesProduction Engineering Manager2019 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- Palantir TechnologiesForward Deployed Engineering Manager2016 — 2019New York, New York, United States
- Palantir TechnologiesForward Deployed Software Engineer2015 — 2016New York, New York, United States
- Palantir TechnologiesForward Deployed Software Engineering Intern2014New York, NY
- Cornell IEEEStudent President2012 — 2014Ithaca, NY
- Palantir TechnologiesInfrastructure QE Intern2013Palo Alto, CA
- NVIDIAHardware Engineering Intern2012Santa Clara, CA
- Cornell UniversityIT Consultant2010 — 2012Computing and Communications Center, Ithaca, NY
- MSI - Micro-star International CO., Ltd.Technical Marketing Intern2011MSI North American HQ, City of Industry, CA
- Cornell Formula SAE Racing TeamElectrical Engineer2010 — 2011Cornell University
Skills & more
Java9Python7C7Programming2MicrocontrollersJavaScript5Computer Hardware2Linux2Verilog1MongoDB1UNIX/LinuxAmazon Web Services (AWS)
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Microsoft AzureHadoopPostgreSQLPySparkElasticsearchUnix Shell ScriptingComputer ArchitectureYarnLanguages Chinese · English · German
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Alex Maass?
- Alex Maass spent nine years at Palantir in roles including Forward Deployed Engineering Lead and Production Engineering Manager, where he oversaw distributed teams and EMEA operations. He previously completed hardware engineering internships at Nvidia and MSI.
- Where does Alex Maass work?
- Alex Maass is Founder of Invaria.
- What companies did Alex Maass found?
- Alex Maass founded Invaria.
- Where did Alex Maass go to school?
- Alex Maass studied at Cornell University (Master's Degree, Computer Science); Cornell University (Bachelor's Degree, Electrical & Computer Engineering); Walnut High School (High School Diploma, IB Diploma).
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