Bret Marzolf
Principle Software Engineer at F5
Federal Way, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolBret Marzolf is a Principal Software Engineer with over 20 years of backend experience, currently building resilient, high-performance systems at F5. He is a Go specialist who brings deep expertise in distributed systems, DDoS mitigation, and cloud-native platforms (AWS, Kubernetes), and has a track record of architecting microservices and gRPC-based services at Capital One. Bret’s early work includes a Java batch framework adopted by 100+ applications and multithreaded trading systems, evidence of a practical engineer who designs for scale and operational reliability. He combines hands-on coding with enterprise architecture experience from acquisition integrations to production streaming prototypes, and he’s driven by a persistent “why?” that surfaces hidden optimizations and trade-offs. Based in Federal Way, WA, he enjoys tackling cross-stack challenges—from database performance to API design—while mentoring teams to deliver secure, measurable outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Math, Computer Science, Math, Computer Science at The University of AkronMath, Computer Science, Math, Computer Science at Purdue University
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Github Skills (100)
visual-studio10
editor10
electron10
docker-toolbox10
typescript10
react-native-svg10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
paths10
charts9
linux9
jsonpath9
vagrant9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
capitalone/react-native-pathjs-charts
Nov 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:18 releases, 68 commits, 97 PRs in 1 year 3 months
chartsreactcharts-iosreact-native-svgchart
marzolfb/gh-actions-plantuml-autogen-test
Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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