Zachary Bowen
Chief Technology Officer at bina
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Bowen is a Berlin-based CTO and technologist with eight years of hands-on experience building cloud-native data pipelines, test automation, and backend systems for companies from Klarna to KAYAK. He blends rigorous academic training in mathematics and physics with practical software craftsmanship, having contributed to notable open-source work on BigchainDB where he improved core functionality, tests, and maintainability. At bina he pairs technical leadership with a passion for education technology, turning backend reliability into better experiences for teachers and students. Known for refactoring legacy code and improving test coverage, he brings a pragmatic idealism: technology’s value is measured by the real change it enables.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts Mathematics, Master of Arts Mathematics at San Francisco State UniversityBachelor of Arts Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts Mathematics at University of California, Berkeley
Github Skills (15)
testing10
tendermint10
backend10
back-end-development10
python10
blockchain10
pytest9
database9
databases9
docker8
command-line-interface8
cli8
command-line8
dockers8
git7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
bigchaindb/bigchaindb
Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
Meet BigchainDB. The blockchain database.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:11 commits, 23 PRs, 6 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Zachary contributed to the BigchainDB project by implementing tests for potentially hazardous strings, which involved the use of a parameterized test using the `blns` library. They also refactored and removed redundant code, specifically the `Bigchain` class and related files, improving code efficiency and maintainability. Furthermore, the user fixed various documentation issues and addressed style complaints, indicating an attention to code quality and project maintainability. The user's changes also included refactoring the Tendermint directory and modifying election-related classes and commands, suggesting involvement in core functionalities.
bftpythonbigchaindbblockchaindecentralized
z-bowen/bigchaindb
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
Meet BigchainDB. The blockchain database.
Contributions:134 pushes, 12 branches in 3 months
meetbigchaindbblockchaindatabase
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