Zach
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ABOUT ME
NYC-based senior software professional with decades of experience.
NYC-based senior software professional with decades of experience.
I began building websites in the 90s, did freelancing in the 00s, and have been working as a salaried software engineer at small and large companies in and around NYC since the 2010s.
Most of my experience is on the front-end but I've done a little of everything – frontend, backend, app development, infrastructure, cloud... Nowadays I'm focused more on mentorship and big-picture thinking. I've also become a bit of a specialist in "Dev Experience" and "Software Testing methodologies.
English
Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-05:00)
Joined January 2014
EXPERTISE
25 years experience
Lets just say I've been around the block. I've worked on frontend/backend/infrastructure/databases, webapps and mobile apps. I've build s...
Lets just say I've been around the block. I've worked on frontend/backend/infrastructure/databases, webapps and mobile apps. I've build small toy applications, and contributed to projects with millions of line of code contributed to by 1000s of engineers. I've worked with code in many languages, in many different industries, and across many paradigms.
12 years experience
Right now, I work in a software-testing specific role, helping build a strong testing culture at my company, and building tools and infra...
Right now, I work in a software-testing specific role, helping build a strong testing culture at my company, and building tools and infrastructure to support automated testing efforts. I've been writing automated tests for 12+ years, and have read many books and have been trained by the best in the industry.
20 years experience | 1 endorsement
I'm a generalist with confidence in many languages/technologies, but I've been actively using JavaScript and operating in its ecosystem s...
I'm a generalist with confidence in many languages/technologies, but I've been actively using JavaScript and operating in its ecosystem since the 90s, and I think I can confidently call myself an "expert". I haven't quite used every framework, library, and tool related to JavaScript, but its close ;)
5 years experience
I've worked extensively with Node.js. From CLIs, to highly scalable backends. Using technologies like GraphQL, Express, TypeScript, and D...
I've worked extensively with Node.js. From CLIs, to highly scalable backends. Using technologies like GraphQL, Express, TypeScript, and Docker. I have also done a LOT around testing (unit/integration/...) here
7 years experience
I've been somewhat obessessed with Git and version control since I became aware of it. I have strong opinions on git workflows, but exten...
I've been somewhat obessessed with Git and version control since I became aware of it. I have strong opinions on git workflows, but extensive experience working with teams who practice different styles. I'm proficient at rewriting git history, and resolving conflicts. I even created a git twitter account where I share some little tips and tricks: @git_log_oneline
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(3 reviews)
Michael
August 2024
Zach was easy to communicate with and helped me to fix errors in my code in a very short time. Can only recommend.
George
November 2019
Zach was amazing and the quality of his work exceeded my expectations. He worked to understand the scope of what I was wanted to do, was very responsive throughout, was open to suggestions/edits, and had a super positive attitude. I'd highly recommend hiring him.
JesK
November 2019
Very helpful and knowledgeable!
SOCIAL PRESENCE
software-development-podcasts
Curated list of podcasts that might be interesting to people who write software
12
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github-hacktoberfest
A repo for github projects for use for the Hacktoberfest Digital Ocean event
HTML
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7596 Reputation
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EMPLOYMENTS
Senior Software Engineer II
Squarespace
2019-12-01-Present
I work on the "Test Engineering" team where we build tools & infrastructure to support software testing. In addition to "building" we do ...
I work on the "Test Engineering" team where we build tools & infrastructure to support software testing. In addition to "building" we do a lot of strategy, evangelism, teaching, mentoring, and documentation writing in order to improve the testing culture and the developer experience.
TypeScript
Docker
React
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TypeScript
Docker
React
Google Cloud Platform
JavaScript
Kubernetes
GraphQL
Terraform
Next.js
Go
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Software Engineering Manager
AlphaPoint
2017-11-01-2019-08-01
Doing full-stack development for a innovative company in the Blockchain space
Doing full-stack development for a innovative company in the Blockchain space
Node.js
Git
TypeScript
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Node.js
Git
TypeScript
React
JavaScript
Ethereum
GraphQL
Solidity
Express.js
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Software Engineer
Lifion, by ADP
2016-03-01-2017-11-01
Working on the "core runtime engine" of a large scale next-gen application platform.
Working on the "core runtime engine" of a large scale next-gen application platform.
Node.js
Git
React
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Node.js
Git
React
JavaScript
Redux
Express.js
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PROJECTS
Z-starterView Project
2019
Personal project -- A collection of starter templates for JS projects -- with a sister project CLI for quickly bootstrapping a new project.
Personal project -- A collection of starter templates for JS projects -- with a sister project CLI for quickly bootstrapping a new project.
JavaScript
JavaScript
My personal blogView Project
2019
A GatsbyJS statically generated site. Its a bit sloppy and doesn't get any traffic, but I've been having some fun with it recently
A GatsbyJS statically generated site. Its a bit sloppy and doesn't get any traffic, but I've been having some fun with it recently
Blogs
JavaScript
Gatsby
Blogs
JavaScript
Gatsby