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Zachary Thomas

GitHub https://github.com/zdcthomas
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/zachary-thomas-206264161
Address 820 N Sherman St, apt 402, D enver, CO, 80203
Phone (972)-834-6214

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Learning new and interesting things is why I became a software developer and what drives me every day; I always want to work somewhere that reflects that. I care deeply about the people that I work with and the products I work on.

GIVING BACK

  • TEACHER, Projects for Peace, Davis Foundation, Beijing Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

    • Created and taught a course in western classics to students at the Affiliated High School of Peking University. Also proposed the project to the Davis foundation, and helped to manage the project.

    • MENTOR I regularly mentor people both from the code school I attended and not. I work with them both on their technical skills and career development.

Experience

SENIOR ENGINEER

Kevel Inc. (Formerly Adzerk) / OCT 2022 - Present

PLATFORM ARCHITECT

Blinker Inc, Denver, CO / Apr 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Leading decisions and discussions on code base architectures and best practices
  • Contributing to all active code bases (Elixir, Rust, Typescript/React,)
  • Creating and facilitating technical processes and standards throughout the engineering department
  • Communicating the health of code bases to people outside of engineering
  • Continuing to hold hiring manager responsibilities

ENGINEERING MANAGER

Blinker Inc, Denver, CO / Nov 2020 - Apr 2021

  • Handled all hiring process and management for the engineering department
  • Managed resourcing for projects and reported on the state of those projects
  • Made changes to process and structure throughout the engineering department
  • Worked on performance reviews and career development
  • Communicated state of the engineering department to other departments within the company

SOFTWARE ENGINEER Blinker Inc, Denver, CO / Dec 2018 - Nov 2020

  • Worked mostly on the backend system (Elxiir/Rails) at first, but over time began to work across the stack
  • Wrote code for new things and for things that already exist
  • Worked closely with the support team and the product team to figure out what's most important to work on
  • Was on-call to handle and fix things that go wrong

STUDENT SUPPORT FELLOW

Turing School of Software and Design, Denver, CO / Sep 2018 - Oct 2018

  • Encouraged and supported students to help them succeed in learning to code and become a software developer
  • Worked with an assigned cohort of students, mentoring and pairing with them
  • Helped track student progress through the course material

AUDIO TECHNICIAN

LeForce Entertainment, Dallas, TX / May 2017 - Feb 2018

  • Lead teams in settings up audio and lighting equipment specifically for the space
  • Operated audio equipment during events/performances
  • Worked at a variety of events, weddings, concerts, corporate, and charity
  • Brought audio equipment to events
  • Dealt with emergencies

ANCIENT GREEK T.A.

St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM / Aug 2014 - Apr 2016

  • Instructed students both inside and outside of class on Ancient Greek reading and writing
  • Mentored students on their translations of ancient works
  • Gave feedback to professors on curriculum and student progress

EDUCATION

TURING SCHOOL OF SOFTWARE AND DESIGN

Backend Engineering (Sep 2018) Denver, CO

Berklee School of Music

  • Summer Study Abroad, Music Prodction and Technology Valencia Spain
  • 5 Week Boston, MA,

OXFORD

Tang Dynasty poetry summer intensive Oxford, U.K

ST JOHN'S COLLEGE

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Classics/Philosophy (Jun 2016) Santa Fe, NM

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

  • Communication across departments about complex technical topics
  • Elixir
  • Rust
  • PostgreSQL
  • Conflict management and resolution
  • Typescript/React

Talks

LANGUAGES

  • Ancient Greek (reading/writing)
  • Mandarin (conversational but out of practice)
  • Japanese (beginner)