Zach Langbert
Founder & CEO at Geode
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolZach Langbert is a founder and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building cloud-native platforms, developer tooling, and bespoke software for enterprises and startups. Based in Portland, he founded Geode to help companies turn product vision into operational tools while previously leading platform and cloud infrastructure teams at Skillz and Nike, where he drove Kubernetes, GitOps, and CI/CD transformations. He combines hands-on backend development (including contributions fixing core game-mechanics bugs in the BuildCraft mod) with strategic architecture and people leadership, having scaled multiple engineering teams and delivered high-throughput, user-facing services. Known for translating complex requirements into pragmatic systems, Zach has repeatedly moved organizations to faster, more secure delivery practices and thrives at the intersection of product, infrastructure, and operations.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Business Administration, Computer Science, Business Administration at Trinity University
Github Skills (12)
build-runner10
javas10
build210
minecraft-forge10
minecraft-fabric10
buildx10
game-development10
forge10
buildah10
buildr10
java10
buildpack10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
BuildCraft/BuildCraft
May 2012 - Jul 2012
BuildCraft
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 1 comment in 2 months
Contributions summary:Zach's commits primarily focused on fixing bugs and refactoring code related to the "quarry arm" functionality within the BuildCraft mod. They addressed issues in the SMP (multiplayer) environment, specifically correcting the arm's behavior and related null pointer exceptions. The contributions involved modifying Java files related to the quarry and energy systems, indicating a focus on core game mechanics and server-side logic. Additionally, the user made changes to the robot and laser entities, suggesting involvement in entity refactoring efforts.
minecraftmodbuildcraftjavaforge
zlangbert/ha-daikinone
May 2023 - Jan 2025
Home Assistant integration for Daikin One HVAC systems and thermostats
Contributions:17 releases, 2 reviews, 82 PRs in 1 year 8 months
daikinhome-assistant
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