Summary
David Z is a Toronto-based software engineer with 11 years of professional experience building analytics, data access, and developer-facing platforms at companies like Folio, Persona, Plaid, and Square. He blends full-stack expertise with a track record in analytics platform foundations and developer experience, moving from hands-on engineering roles to an engineering manager position. A University of Waterloo computer science graduate, he has a long-running coding practice spanning two decades and a history of internships at major tech firms early in his career. Outside of engineering, he writes and performs Chinese-language rap, a creative detail that hints at strong communication and storytelling skills behind his technical work.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese