Zach Ocean
Member Of Technical Staff at Boltz
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZach Ocean is a versatile software engineer and founder with 15 years of experience building production systems at the intersection of software, machine learning, and real-time infrastructure. He founded and scaled Uberduck from a pandemic hack to a YC‑backed platform used by millions and major brands, blending ML-driven voice tech with product and growth instincts. Zach has deep back-end experience—contributing to core server logic for projects like NowJS—and has held senior engineering roles at Mixpanel and Propel while teaching ML at Stanford. His background in journalism and ongoing writing gives him a rare ability to translate complex technical ideas into clear narratives for teams and stakeholders. Now based in the Greater Seattle area and currently a Member of Technical Staff at Boltz, he combines entrepreneurial grit with rigorous technical craft and a creative streak in music and math.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyY CombinatorHarvard UniversitySchool at the Museum of Fine ArtsStanford University
Github Skills (8)
socket-io10
javascript10
socket10
nodejs10
socket-io-client10
event-emitter9
emitter9
api-design8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Flotype/now
Jun 2011 - Jul 2011
NowJS makes it easy to build real-time web apps using JavaScript
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Zach contributed to the core logic of the NowJS framework. The commits involve the creation and modification of client groups, user management, and proxy objects. They implemented functionalities like adding and removing users from groups, event handling, and remote function calls. The changes suggest a focus on the server-side architecture and the interaction between clients and the server.
realtimejavascriptweb-appsnowjsreal-time
Flotype/angrybirdsgame
Jun 2011 - Jul 2011
Contributions:17 commits in 1 month
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