Zachary Collins
Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Collins is a software engineer with 10 years of experience focused on infrastructure, observability, reliability, and developer tools, currently building systems at Palantir in Seattle. He progressed through hands-on engineering roles at Microsoft and internships at AMD and Siemens, bringing both large-company production experience and deep systems exposure. Zachary holds a BS (3.98) and MS (4.0) in Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, reflecting strong academic rigor alongside practical delivery. He specializes in creating developer-facing tooling and backend reliability improvements that reduce operational burden and accelerate teams. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and detail-oriented, often surfacing subtle reliability issues before they impact users. Outside of work he blends research experience with product engineering instincts, enabling thoughtful tradeoffs between performance, observability, and developer experience.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.98, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.98 at University of Cincinnati
English, Finnish
Github Skills (50)
swagger10
api10
rest10
rest-api10
azure10
openapi10
microsoft9
microsoft-azure9
code-generator8
graph-algorithms8
network-analysis7
csharp7
assign7
java7
specification7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
MemeMagic/todo
Jan 2017 - Sep 2021
List of things the gang needs to do
Contributions:5 reviews, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 4 years 8 months
to-do
zcollins0/zcollins0.github.io
Nov 2018 - May 2022
Contributions:6 PRs, 17 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 6 months
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