Zach Kaigler
Senior Software Engineer at Capsule
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZach Kaigler is a Brooklyn-based senior software engineer with five years of full-stack experience building performant web and media products across startups and health-tech. He combines a background in post-production and cinematography with strong frontend and backend skills (TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node, Rails, AWS) to lead end-to-end features like non-linear editing UIs, AI voiceover, and ML-backed medical imaging pipelines. At Capsule he drove major performance audits and shipped multiple 0-to-1 initiatives; at Glen Lake he integrated proprietary ML into a production REST API—demonstrating an eye for both UX and scalable backend design. A people-oriented collaborator and documentation advocate, he champions developer experience, testing, and product education while bridging creative tooling and engineering. Outside of code he maintains a portfolio and technical blog, reflecting his roots in digital media and a knack for turning complex workflows into intuitive interfaces.
5 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Software Engineering, Software Engineering at Flatiron SchoolB.A. Cinema and Digital Arts, Cinematography, B.A. Cinema and Digital Arts, Cinematography at Point Park University
English
Github Skills (22)
colors8
accessibility8
react7
component-library6
ui-components6
experiences5
react-components5
wai-aria4
preact4
audio4
audio-player4
cli4
video-player3
create-react-app3
radix-ui3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zachkaigler/zach-kaigler-portfolio
Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:220 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 9 months
zachkaigler/game-on-backend
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:26 commits, 23 pushes, 17 branches in 13 days
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