Americo Zuzunaga
Senior Software Engineer II - Banking Foundations - Ledger
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmerico Zuzunaga is a Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience building full-stack web applications and resilient backend systems, currently working on Stability at Mercury. He blends practical engineering—from Rails/Node.js services and PostgreSQL/MongoDB databases to React frontends—with a background in operations and infrastructure honed at Daily Kos and MoveOn.org, where he helped scale mass-SMS systems to millions of messages per day. A former union member who enjoys reverse-engineering mechanical systems as much as code, he brings pragmatic curiosity to problem-solving and loves learning new languages and libraries. His open-source contributions include backend work on Spoke, improving campaign and timezone handling for a widely used mass-contact tool. Based in Asheville, NC, he pairs rigorous technical craft with hands-on ownership and a track record of shipping reliable, user-focused features.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering and Management Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering and Management Engineering at South Dakota MinesCORe: Credential of Readiness Business Administration and Management General, CORe: Credential of Readiness Business Administration and Management General at Harvard Business School OnlineWeb Development, Web Development at App Academy
Spanish, English
Github Skills (13)
database-management10
javascript10
rethinkdb10
back-end-development10
rethinkdb-go10
react9
apidoc9
api9
nodejs9
sms-messages8
react-redux8
sms8
twilio7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
StateVoicesNational/Spoke
Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
mass-contact text/SMS distribution tool
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:181 commits, 22 PRs, 27 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Americo primarily focused on back-end development tasks, specifically related to the `spoke` application. Their contributions included modifying database queries for message ordering, updating test cases to reflect these changes, and integrating changes from the main branch related to timezone configurations, and campaign management. They also added features to the campaign edit page for users to view current editors. This involved modifications to several server-side API files and models, indicating a focus on the application's core functionality.
marketing-toolsreactthinkytwiliorethinkdb
azuzunaga/Spoke
Feb 2019 - Jul 2019
mass-contact text/SMS distribution tool
Contributions:50 pushes, 9 branches in 5 months
sms-messagesemailsmsdistributionmass
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