Zach Gardner is a Staff Software Engineer based in Austin with over 16 years of hands-on experience building platform architectures and backend systems across startups and large tech companies. He has driven product and infrastructure work at Apple (Shortcuts), led backend engineering at WeaveUp, and recently joined Glydways after a stint building AI-enabled sales tooling. Known for translating complex product needs into scalable, maintainable platforms, he blends deep engineering craftsmanship with practical delivery across teams. An electrical engineering graduate, he brings an unusual mix of hardware-rooted systems thinking and modern software platform design to solve reliability and performance challenges.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 1 year 4 months
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Zach Gardner - Staff Software Engineer at Glydways