Technical Product Manager
Open to remoteZach Lamb
Frontend engineer and technical product lead. I build the product, run the team, and keep both from drifting apart.
I'm a Technical Product Manager with a frontend engineering background, which means I own the roadmap, run the team, and can still go deep on the technical decisions that actually matter.
When I'm not at my desk, I'm teaching yoga, hiking Colorado's trails, or trying to settle the Oreo debate once and for all.
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Circadence
Technical Product Manager
Sep 2025 — Present
- Rebuilt the team’s delivery infrastructure from scratch: consolidated 409 backlog items into 10 structured Linear projects and established the first reliable sprint cadence, grooming, and retro process the team had
- Serve as engagement manager and primary technical counterpart for the NTT Data Japan enterprise partnership, a multi-year contract central to Circadence’s international expansion, coordinating across multiple software teams and a hardware team toward the June 2026 Basic Design deliverable
- Designed a four-stage interview process now adopted company-wide; actively hiring Sr. FE Dev, UX Designer, and Sr. BE Dev
Circadence
Technical Product Manager
Sep 2025 — Present
- Rebuilt the team’s delivery infrastructure from scratch: consolidated 409 backlog items into 10 structured Linear projects and established the first reliable sprint cadence, grooming, and retro process the team had
- Serve as engagement manager and primary technical counterpart for the NTT Data Japan enterprise partnership, a multi-year contract central to Circadence’s international expansion, coordinating across multiple software teams and a hardware team toward the June 2026 Basic Design deliverable
- Designed a four-stage interview process now adopted company-wide; actively hiring Sr. FE Dev, UX Designer, and Sr. BE Dev
Starbucks
Sr. React Developer
Feb 2024 — Sep 2025
- Developed message reply and edit features with TypeScript, React, and GraphQL
- Upgraded UI libraries raising Lighthouse performance score from 65 to 90
- Collaborated across teams on a new web application for store managers and developed Agile processes
StellarFi
Senior Software Engineer
May 2023 — Jan 2024
- Created a new design system for a brand refresh, driving 100 new users per week improvement
- Pair-programmed an API and UI table with my manager to show users how their monthly membership payments were being reported to credit bureaus
- Built an E2E testing framework that uncovered two major regression bugs in the production account-creation flow
StellarFi
Senior Software Engineer
May 2023 — Jan 2024
- Created a new design system for a brand refresh, driving 100 new users per week improvement
- Pair-programmed an API and UI table with my manager to show users how their monthly membership payments were being reported to credit bureaus
- Built an E2E testing framework that uncovered two major regression bugs in the production account-creation flow
Sana Benefits
Software Engineer
Oct 2022 — Feb 2023
- Built healthcare plan selection feature for members
- Acted as Agile Coach teaching Scrum practices to the team
- Created standardized testing process improving code reliability
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Recommendations
What fellow hikers have said about working with me.
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If you are considering hiring, promoting, or pulling Zach onto a new project, do it! You will not regret it! Not only is Zach an outstanding developer, teammate, and coach, but he stays grounded and communicates clearly and constructively during challenging situations. While working with him on the Promotions Pod at Purple we faced heavy workloads and tight deadlines back-to-back. Zach was consistently fulfilling his responsibilities, supporting his teammates across the board.
Zach is one of the most thorough and communicative developers I've worked with. He's able to call out when things are in jeopardy and is very invested in the culture of the company. He's a great developer who is always willing to dig in and do the research as well as support his team. He has a background in project management and that comes through with how thorough he is in his documentation and how organized he is when he tackles projects.
Zach and I worked together on the Promotions pod at Purple. During this time, Zach was a Developer on the team. I greatly appreciated Zach's ability to vocalize and lead communication for the development team. This unique skill allowed us to mitigate and tackle perceived risk and issues early on. As a Project Manager, I appreciated the level of importance Zach placed on process and culture, and I was thankful for Zach's help in driving both forward with the team.
If you are considering hiring, promoting, or pulling Zach onto a new project, do it! You will not regret it! Not only is Zach an outstanding developer, teammate, and coach, but he stays grounded and communicates clearly and constructively during challenging situations. While working with him on the Promotions Pod at Purple we faced heavy workloads and tight deadlines back-to-back. Zach was consistently fulfilling his responsibilities, supporting his teammates across the board.
Zach is one of the most thorough and communicative developers I've worked with. He's able to call out when things are in jeopardy and is very invested in the culture of the company. He's a great developer who is always willing to dig in and do the research as well as support his team. He has a background in project management and that comes through with how thorough he is in his documentation and how organized he is when he tackles projects.
Zach and I worked together on the Promotions pod at Purple. During this time, Zach was a Developer on the team. I greatly appreciated Zach's ability to vocalize and lead communication for the development team. This unique skill allowed us to mitigate and tackle perceived risk and issues early on. As a Project Manager, I appreciated the level of importance Zach placed on process and culture, and I was thankful for Zach's help in driving both forward with the team.
If you are considering hiring, promoting, or pulling Zach onto a new project, do it! You will not regret it! Not only is Zach an outstanding developer, teammate, and coach, but he stays grounded and communicates clearly and constructively during challenging situations. While working with him on the Promotions Pod at Purple we faced heavy workloads and tight deadlines back-to-back. Zach was consistently fulfilling his responsibilities, supporting his teammates across the board.
Zach is one of the most thorough and communicative developers I've worked with. He's able to call out when things are in jeopardy and is very invested in the culture of the company. He's a great developer who is always willing to dig in and do the research as well as support his team. He has a background in project management and that comes through with how thorough he is in his documentation and how organized he is when he tackles projects.
Zach and I worked together on the Promotions pod at Purple. During this time, Zach was a Developer on the team. I greatly appreciated Zach's ability to vocalize and lead communication for the development team. This unique skill allowed us to mitigate and tackle perceived risk and issues early on. As a Project Manager, I appreciated the level of importance Zach placed on process and culture, and I was thankful for Zach's help in driving both forward with the team.
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The tools and practices I reach for — trail-tested and production-ready.
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Tools & Infrastructure
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Frontend Engineering
Building performant, accessible web applications with React, TypeScript, and Next.js
AI-Powered Web Tools
Developing LLM-powered interfaces for cybersecurity and beyond
Agile Coaching
Certified ScrumMaster who builds processes that help teams ship better software
UI/UX Design
Bridging design and development with a Human Centered Computing background
Certifications
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