Michael Zink
Software Engineer at Readyset
Greater Yakima Area United States
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Top SchoolMichael Zink is a software engineer with nine years of experience building storage and distributed systems, currently working at Readyset after recent roles including Senior Full Stack Developer for the City of Yakima and Member of Technical Staff at Qumulo. He cut his teeth on database storage at Clustrix and MariaDB and brings a pragmatic, systems-first approach to shipping resilient, data-focused software. Comfortable across the stack—from microcontroller HMI work and iOS apps to large-scale distributed storage—he blends hands-on implementation with operational sensibility. Raised on “black coffee and breadboards,” he has a knack for turning messy data into well-placed solutions and mentoring teams through complex system design.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer science, BA, Computer science at University of Chicago
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Github Skills (69)
mysql-database10
parser10
lexer10
backend10
sql10
rust10
postgresql-database10
caching-proxy10
big-data9
databases9
caching9
command-line-interface8
postgresql8
vscode8
streaming-data8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mvzink/datafusion-sqlparser-rs
Nov 2024 - Feb 2026
Extensible SQL Lexer and Parser for Rust
Contributions:60 pushes, 50 branches in 1 year 3 months
mvzink/pony-terminfo
Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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