Zach Pallin
Software Engineer at Self-employed
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolZach Pallin is a seasoned software engineer with 11+ years focused on infrastructure, DevOps, cloud automation, and systems reliability across startups and scale-ups. He’s led teams and been a chief troubleshooter at companies like GRAIL and Balbix, now freelancing to blend hands-on engineering with ops and security. Known for designing and automating scalable deployment pipelines and monitoring systems, he bridges software development and operations to keep production systems resilient. Based in Asheville after years in San Jose, he pairs technical rigor with a knack for presentations and team enablement. Outside of work Zach’s diverse interests—from music and motorcycling to activism and hiking—fuel a practical, user-centered approach to solving mundane problems with smart automation.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA Political Science, BA Political Science at San José State University
Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (68)
terraform10
linux10
powershell10
shell10
terraform-provider10
aws10
command-line10
windows9
chat9
terraform-module9
netcore9
macos9
javascript8
openstreetmap8
collaboration8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
zpallin/toolkit
Feb 2015 - Nov 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 32 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 9 months
dotfilesshellneatbash
codeforsanjose/MobilityMap
Feb 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:44 commits, 24 PRs, 26 pushes in 9 months
engagecitizenspublic-transitmaptransit
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