Zach Sim
Tech Lead Developer at Datacom
Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolZach Sim is a Tech Lead Developer based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, with 15 years of hands-on experience building full‑stack web applications and leading delivery at Datacom. He blends frontline engineering in React and Ruby with cloud proficiency on AWS and practical machine learning experience, having progressed from developer to tech lead within the same organisation. A Victoria University of Wellington graduate in Computer Science and Operations Research, Zach pairs solid academic foundations with a track record of shipping production systems and mentoring teams. His background includes data visualisation and geospatial work from an early government internship, and a habit of exploring diverse languages and open‑source practices cultivated since his student days. Those cross‑disciplinary interests make him comfortable navigating both front‑end UX challenges and backend architecture tradeoffs.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Operations Reseach, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science and Operations Reseach at Victoria University of WellingtonHigh School, High School at Wellington High School
Github Skills (49)
visualization10
crossfilter10
charting10
d3js10
insert9
blaze9
charts9
data-visualization8
react-forms8
react-library8
to-do8
dynamic-forms8
forms7
meteor-package7
django7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Datacom/bass-vis
Dec 2015 - May 2019
bass
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 5 months
bass
umbra268/personal-site
Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:29 pushes, 3 branches, 2 comments in 7 months
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