Zach Arlen
Director Of Smart Order AI Services at SoundHound AI
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolZach Arlen is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years building distributed systems, AI services, and scalable cloud platforms for consumer and enterprise products. Currently directing Smart Order AI Services at SoundHound AI, he blends product vision and hands-on engineering to deliver AI-driven phone and drive-thru solutions for major restaurant brands. His background spans platform architecture, parallel computing (Java/Clojure), data processing on Spark/EMR, and front-end work with Clojurescript/React, enabling him to bridge model, infrastructure, and product teams. Previously he led consumer ordering platforms at Invitae and live-streaming systems at HBO Max, and runs Neural Bets where he applies statistical modeling to sports prediction—an example of his curiosity for practical ML applications outside the enterprise. Known for simplifying complexity, he often standardizes architectures and tooling to improve reliability, developer velocity, and operational excellence. Based in Denver, he combines technical depth with a track record of aligning cross-functional teams to ship measurable business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Iowa State University
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Github Skills (24)
core-async10
async-http-client9
async8
http-kit5
clojure4
http-client3
http2
monitoring2
fullcontact2
keyword1
rollbar1
leiningen1
liquibase1
asyncio1
edn1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
zarlen/jobs
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:1 push, 8 branches in 1 day
spring-bootapispring-boot-samplespringspring-sample
fullcontact/full.async
Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
Extensions and helpers for core.async.
Contributions:53 commits in 6 months
core-asyncextensionshelpersasync
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