Zach Ploskey
Lead Software Engineer at Auto Approve
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolZach Ploskey is a lead software engineer with 17 years of experience building full-stack systems, test automation, and developer tooling across startups, consultancy engagements, and open-source projects. Based in Twin Falls, Idaho, he blends hands-on engineering and team leadership—recently advancing to Lead Software Engineer at Auto Approve after shaping backend services, ETL pipelines, and cloud integrations in roles at Perficient. A long-time open-source contributor and functional programming enthusiast, Zach has improved build and test infrastructure for high-profile projects like ReasonML and ReScript and maintained compatibility and QA for the Bayesian PyMC project. His background in earth sciences research and scientific software (including developing the Cosmogenic Python library) gives him a unique strength in turning complex domain problems into reliable, well-tested software. He is equally comfortable refactoring build systems and refining documentation, with a practical focus on testability, cross-version compatibility, and developer experience.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Student, Earth & Space Sciences, PhD Student, Earth & Space Sciences at University of WashingtonComputer Science/Chemistry, Computer Science/Chemistry at Clark College
English
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Github Skills (27)
programming-language10
python10
testing10
build-system10
reasonml10
ocaml10
automation10
rescript10
automations10
documentation10
altjs9
javascript9
git9
compiler-compiler9
bayesian-inference9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
reasonml/reason
Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
Simple, fast & type safe code that leverages the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:9 commits, 10 PRs, 53 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Zach primarily contributes to the ReasonML/Reason repository by improving the build and testing infrastructure. Their work includes refactoring test scripts, enhancing the testing process by using git diff for test results, and improving the formatting of the output from the build system. The user also addresses issues related to the ReasonML compiler and language features, such as handling trailing commas in object syntax, and ensuring doc comments are correctly formatted. They demonstrated expertise in the build and testing aspects of the ReasonML project, including improvements to existing infrastructure and code.
leveragesjavascriptocamltype-safereasonml
rescript-lang/rescript
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
ReScript is a robustly typed language that compiles to efficient and human-readable JavaScript.
Role in this project:Technical Writer & Backend Developer
Technical Writer & Backend DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 4 PRs, 17 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Zach primarily focused on improving the documentation and examples within the ReScript repository. They corrected spelling and syntax errors in documentation comments, API examples, and help text. Additionally, the user contributed to backend development by adding sorting functionality to the Belt library and adding global timeout and interval functionalities.
altjscompilerjavascriptrescript
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