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Hi, I'm Zachary.
About
I'm a multidisciplinary problem solver with 20+ years' experience.
I craft digital solutions that are usually, but not always, on the Web and use modern tools with an emphasis on tool-building and efficiency.Skills
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Experience
Senior Software Engineer (contract)
Google Checks
• Code ComplianceI worked with the Google Checks team on code analysis tools and IDE integrations (VSCode, IntelliJ, IDX etc.) utilizing conventional AST static analysis approaches mixed with LLM-enhanced approaches using Gemini.
Senior Software Engineer (L6)
Block
• Platform Infrastructure EngineeringMy team at Block built a platform used by nearly all Block engineers to deploy, manage, and observe their services. We coordinated with multiple teams at Block to build an extensible platform which could be improved or built atop by other teams.
Senior Software Engineer (L6)
Block
• PaymentsMy first team at Block, I worked on the payment gateway which would power the integration between Square and Cash App to allow users to use their Cash App wallets to at merchants using Square, both online and in-store on-device.
Software Engineer II
Opendoor
• Home OperationsI worked in the Home Operations engineering group building the internal tools used by Opendoor employees and their partners to manage everything that happens between Opendoor purchasing a home and finding a new owner for that home.
Full-Stack Web Software Consultant
Independent Consultant
Dispensed technical guidance and developing custom software for a broad range of companies and industries, including healthcare, privacy, learning technology, payments, and blockchain-related technologies such as Ethereum and Bitcoin.
Web Application Developer (contract)
Google Fiber
• TrainingI worked on a team which built training tools for Google Fiber's customer service representatives. I built and managed an alternate environment of the Google Fiber customer portal which CSRs could use for practicing customer interactions in a safe, interactive training environment.
Web Application Developer (contract)
I worked on the People Operations team at Google, where we aspired to change the way learning is done at Google, to a world where learning software doesn't just help you learn, it learns about you to help you learn better.
Software Engineer
Cerner
• Lights On NetworkWorked with the LightsOn team to create software to help medical personnel work more efficiently.
Computer Science Tutor
UWF
• School of Sciences and EngineeringAssisted Computer Science students with projects involving data structures, algorithms, and some web technologies.
Education
- Activities: ACM
- Placed first in a hosted ACM Java programming competition.
- Selected by a CS professor to work in the school's computer lab tutoring computer science students.
- Outside of school, I was doing software engineering consulting full time.
- Ultimately left school early to focus on my consulting business.
- Activities: Phi Beta Lambda
- Dual-enrolled while in high school.
- Finished in top 2 of Phi Beta Lambda's computer science assessments at both the state and national levels.
- Competed in PBL National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, CA.