Summary
Zachary Brasseaux is a software engineer with nine years of experience pivoting toward data science and data engineering, skilled in Python and SQL and fluent in Scala, JavaScript/Node.js, and R. He has built data pipelines and analytics platforms handling diverse datasets—from sequenced genomes and real-time streaming signals to large inventory and network traffic—bringing both production and research perspectives. His academic work includes a NASA-backed undergraduate CNN for change-point detection in streaming sensors (winning a Louisiana Academy of Sciences award) and graduate research on Explainable AI for models like BERT and LayoutLM. Based in Lynchburg, Virginia, Zachary pairs practical software development at companies like Sun West Mortgage and CloudFit with rigorous research experience, making him adept at turning complex data into actionable insights. An early pattern-finder, he often focuses on making model decisions more interpretable to bridge research findings and production needs.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Louisiana Tech University