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步道指南
我是一名具有前端工程背景的技术产品经理,这意味着我负责路线图、管理团队,并能深入参与真正重要的技术决策。在 Circadence,我负责 RangeGPT(一个 AI 驱动的网络安全培训平台)的交付、产品方向和外部合作伙伴关系。我从零开始重建了团队的交付基础设施,建立了 Circadence 与 NTT Data Japan 的技术合作关系,并将 AI 增强的工程实践引入日常工作流程。我还领导着一个不断壮大的前端团队,并与后端负责人共同把控技术方向。
工程背景是刻意为之的。在教育科技、金融科技、医疗、电商和网络安全领域的十年经验意味着,我理解糟糕需求的代价、冲刺中范围蔓延的风险,以及忽视技术债务的路线图为何只是空谈。这些经验改变了我与工程师的协作方式、对利益相关者的回应方式,以及主持会议的方式。我是认证 ScrumMaster,工作需要时仍然编写生产代码。不在办公桌前时,我在教瑜伽、徒步科罗拉多的步道,或试图一劳永逸地解决奥利奥之争。
技术产品管理 · 路线图管理 · React 与 TypeScript · AI/LLM 集成 · 跨职能领导力 · 认证 ScrumMaster
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步道日志
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
- Introduced AI-augmented engineering practices across the team: Claude Code in grooming, MCP tooling for roadmap surfacing, shared agent configs to scale code quality without bottlenecking on review; consistently adopting the latest AI tooling as it ships
- Built and maintain dual roadmaps in Linear: an internal team roadmap and a shared cross-functional roadmap spanning two software teams and a hardware team
- Delivered major frontend features end-to-end as IC in React and TypeScript, including Prefabs, Home Page Redesign, and a UI overhaul supporting 300+ node environments
- Modernized the frontend toolchain to Vite and TypeScript and co-led architectural direction with the backend technical lead
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
- Introduced AI-augmented engineering practices across the team: Claude Code in grooming, MCP tooling for roadmap surfacing, shared agent configs to scale code quality without bottlenecking on review; consistently adopting the latest AI tooling as it ships
- Built and maintain dual roadmaps in Linear: an internal team roadmap and a shared cross-functional roadmap spanning two software teams and a hardware team
- Delivered major frontend features end-to-end as IC in React and TypeScript, including Prefabs, Home Page Redesign, and a UI overhaul supporting 300+ node environments
- Modernized the frontend toolchain to Vite and TypeScript and co-led architectural direction with the backend technical lead
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
- Initiated and facilitated bi-weekly retrospectives for the engineering team, leading to a documentation-focused sprint and broader process improvements
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
- Initiated and facilitated bi-weekly retrospectives for the engineering team, leading to a documentation-focused sprint and broader process improvements
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
Purple
Senior Software Engineer
Nov 2020 — Sep 2022
- Built multi-million dollar sale promotions powering major revenue events using Vue.js, YAML, SASS, Docker, and AWS
- Created the order-history feature with React, Redux, a custom REST microservice, Commerce Tools, and AWS Cognito as part of a larger Purple customer-accounts initiative
- Developed A/B tests for the cart checkout flow with React, Redux, and the Google Places API, lifting test coverage across the codebase by 40% using Jest and React Testing Library
Purple
Senior Software Engineer
Nov 2020 — Sep 2022
- Built multi-million dollar sale promotions powering major revenue events using Vue.js, YAML, SASS, Docker, and AWS
- Created the order-history feature with React, Redux, a custom REST microservice, Commerce Tools, and AWS Cognito as part of a larger Purple customer-accounts initiative
- Developed A/B tests for the cart checkout flow with React, Redux, and the Google Places API, lifting test coverage across the codebase by 40% using Jest and React Testing Library
The Regis Company
Software Engineer II
Nov 2017 — Nov 2020
- Contributed to a SPA powering award-winning corporate learning experiences alongside a small cross-disciplinary startup team
- Integrated a new Python API that cut project load times from 6 seconds to 500ms
- Met with clients alongside product owners to refine technical user requirements, reducing project scopes by 30% as measured by Agile story points
- Used my UX background to bridge UX, Dev, and Product teams, driving a 20% productivity increase as measured by burndown charts
Charter Communications
Web Developer (Contract)
Jul 2017 — Nov 2017
- Developed a prototypical dashboard for automating tests on telecommunications equipment using React, Redux, and Webpack
- Partnered with a backend engineer to wire the dashboard to live data via RethinkDB and WebSockets
- Conducted user testing that informed the product roadmap for the following six months
Charter Communications
Web Developer (Contract)
Jul 2017 — Nov 2017
- Developed a prototypical dashboard for automating tests on telecommunications equipment using React, Redux, and Webpack
- Partnered with a backend engineer to wire the dashboard to live data via RethinkDB and WebSockets
- Conducted user testing that informed the product roadmap for the following six months
Freelance Designer
Freelance Designer
Jan 2017 — Jul 2017
- Helped clients with animation and UI design needs
- Delivered polished visual assets and interactive prototypes
Gogo Business Aviation
UI/UX Software Engineering Intern
May 2016 — Aug 2016
- Implemented major product features on a MEAN-stack app in a pair-programming team
- Collaborated with Product and QA to design the end-user interface
- Wrote end-to-end tests with Mocha.js
Gogo Business Aviation
UI/UX Software Engineering Intern
May 2016 — Aug 2016
- Implemented major product features on a MEAN-stack app in a pair-programming team
- Collaborated with Product and QA to design the end-user interface
- Wrote end-to-end tests with Mocha.js
Lab for Playful Computation
UI/UX Developer
Sep 2015 — May 2017
- Developed lab website, Android app, and product website
- Created graphics for NSF proposals — won all submitted grants
- Led marketing efforts for a university hackathon
CU Boulder IT / MCDB
Technical Support
Sep 2014 — Apr 2016
- Improved scientific technology troubleshooting workflows
- Developed a lab website and built a web app tracking department printer charges
CU Boulder IT / MCDB
Technical Support
Sep 2014 — Apr 2016
- Improved scientific technology troubleshooting workflows
- Developed a lab website and built a web app tracking department printer charges
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推荐
同路人对我与他们的合作是怎么说的。
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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装备
各项技术的实践年数 —— 经步道与生产环境验证。
Frontend
Backend
Tools & Infrastructure
Practices
刻度:0–10 年。基于专业经验。
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营地
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
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资历
B.S. Computer Science
University of Colorado Boulder
2014–2017
Human Centered Computing- Focus: Human Centered Computing
- Minor in Technology, Arts, and Media (ATLAS Institute)
- Notable courses: Data Mining, User Centered Design, Object-Oriented Design & Analysis, Mobile Development
A.S.
Front Range Community College
2012–2014
认证
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance · Oct 2020
Agile Training
Mountain Goat Software (Mike Cohn) ·