Zach Barnes is a Principal-level software engineer with 11 years of experience building high-impact web platforms, currently based in the New York City area and now at Meta after leading major initiatives at Indeed. He specializes in Typescript/React front-ends and Java backends, having architected a self-service Hiring Events platform and a high-performance analytics pipeline that processed billions of rows and drove measurable business growth. Zach has a track record of technical leadership—managing teams of 15–20, overhauling legacy codebases for maintainability, and scaling interview programs to multiply trained interviewers by 400%. Earlier roles show breadth across cybersecurity, e-commerce, and automation, including migrating large apps from Angular 1 to React and shaping frontend architectures and coding standards. He combines hands-on engineering with mentorship and process improvements, quietly favoring pragmatic, data-informed decisions that reduce bugs and accelerate delivery.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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