Summary
Zach Giordano is a software engineer with 8 years of experience building cloud-native backend systems and AI-driven platforms, currently developing Griptape Nodes at Foundry to enable visual orchestration of creative workflows for VFX and media. As the founding engineer at Griptape, he led architecture and implementation of a production AI SaaS that let developers deploy Python-based agents and workflows as scalable APIs, guiding multi-cloud (AWS/Azure) deployments and core platform evolution through acquisition. His background at AWS includes building operational cloud services, CI/CD automation, and developer tooling for real-time and IoT workflows, reflecting strong expertise in distributed systems, authentication, and API design. Outside of work he applies his platform mindset to home automation and music production, and he performs live as a gigging guitarist—an indicator of both technical precision and creative collaboration.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University