Zach Thieme
Director Edge Engineering at Starbucks
Maple Valley, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZach Thieme is an engineering leader with over 20 years of experience building high-performing technical organizations and delivering production-grade software at Amazon, Microsoft, and Starbucks. He specializes in organizational design, software engineering, and product development, having led teams of 50+ to deliver company-wide initiatives and data-driven platform services. Known for rapid innovation under pressure, he deployed a computer-vision social distance auditing system across Amazon’s fulfillment network in under a month. His background spans infrastructure, distributed systems, robotics AI, and managed services like DynamoDB, giving him a rare blend of operational rigor and product sensibility. Based in Maple Valley, WA, Zach pairs hands-on systems expertise with a knack for translating business needs into scalable engineering programs.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences, Bachelor’s Degree Social Sciences at Central Washington UniversityAssociate of Arts (AA), Associate of Arts (AA) at Columbia Basin College
Github Skills (5)
waffle2
project-management2
editor1
electron1
react1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
zachthieme/dotfiles
Sep 2022 - Apr 2025
Contributions:590 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 6 months
zachthieme/qmk_firmware
Jan 2021 - Feb 2023
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Contributions:50 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
firmwareavratmelusbatmel-avr
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