Zachary Carter
Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolZachary Carter is a Senior Software Engineer in Los Angeles with 18 years of experience building robust back-end systems, developer tools, and SaaS platforms across startups and large organizations. He blends deep systems thinking with practical product instincts—having co-founded a startup, led engineering at PlayVS, consulted across domains, and now contributing at Yahoo. A longtime Mozilla contributor, Zachary has improved critical open-source projects like node-convict and Firefox Accounts, focusing on configuration robustness, data validation, and secure account workflows. He’s equally comfortable shipping CLI utilities and database-backed services, with a track record of removing dependencies, tightening error handling, and adding thorough tests. Curious about the world and how to model it, he pairs an academic MSCS background with hands-on engineering to turn ambiguity into reliable software.
18 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of South Florida
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Github Skills (22)
json10
javascript10
back-end-development10
validations10
mysql10
configuration-management10
command-line-interface10
validation10
parsing10
command-line10
nodejs10
text-parsing10
cli10
testing9
npm9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
zaach/jsonlint
Mar 2010 - Jul 2021
A JSON parser and validator with a CLI.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:70 commits, 5 PRs, 6 pushes in 11 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Zachary primarily contributed to the command-line interface and made updates related to npm package integration. They modified the core parser and validator, likely to address grammar bugs and improve parsing accuracy. Furthermore, the user implemented features like in-place overwriting, key sorting, and schema validation, enhancing the usability of the tool. The user also addressed escaping issues, ensuring the correct handling of special characters within strings.
clivalidatorparserjsonjson-parser
mozilla/fxa
May 2013 - Jan 2016
Monorepo for Mozilla Accounts (formerly Firefox Accounts)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1060 commits, 1 comment in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Zachary's commits center on developing the core functionalities of the Mozilla Accounts (Firefox Accounts) monorepo. They implemented and added key-value store functionality, with a MySQL adapter, and developed functionality for account creation, login, and password reset. Their work also involved establishing the structure for a skeleton Hapi application, including testing and configuration files.
firefoxmonorepoaccounts
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