Michael Zemel
Senior System Engineer at Cloudflare
Simsbury, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Zemel is a Senior System Engineer with 12 years of experience designing scalable, highly available systems and leading cross-functional teams. He excels at turning ambiguous problems into clear roadmaps, defining domains and KPIs, and driving multi-year projects from architecture through execution. At Stitch Fix he led inventory and warehouse domain architecture, guiding major integrations, migrations, and both new and deprecating microservices; he now brings that systems-first mentality to Cloudflare. Known for empathetic leadership, he mentors project leads, aligns stakeholders, and fosters knowledge-sharing to boost morale and delivery. His background blends deep engineering (Ruby, Elixir, microservices) with a neuroscience/biology academic foundation, giving him a pragmatic, analytical approach to complex systems. Notably, he pairs hands-on system design and diagramming with a talent for turning strategic goals into measurable KRs.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies, Bachelor's degree Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies at Clark UniversityCoursework Computer Science, Coursework Computer Science at Southern Connecticut State UniversityGraduate School Neuroscience, Graduate School Neuroscience at Portland State UniversityCoursework Computer Science, Coursework Computer Science at Portland Community College
Github Skills (65)
sublime-text10
counter10
api9
rspec9
tabletop9
api-documentation9
card9
scheme9
documentation-generator9
squib9
wkhtmltopdf8
ruby8
prototyping8
pypi8
circle8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
masonbuilt/sendero
Feb 2016 - Apr 2019
Climbing app
Contributions:72 PRs, 55 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 2 months
reactclimbing
mzemel/sendero
Feb 2016 - Apr 2019
Contributions:77 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 2 months
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