Zachary Derose
Architect at Nx
San Tan Valley, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolZachary Derose is an architect and engineering leader with nine years of experience modernizing front-end development and scaling teams, currently driving architecture and delivery at Nx after leadership roles at Narwhal (Nrwl) and Swampfox. He specializes in Angular and monorepo tooling, contributing to high-impact open-source projects like Nx and Nx Console where he improved build/test workflows, environment interpolation, and UI command handling. Known for turning legacy processes into efficient, scalable codebases, he has a track record of cutting development time and raising quality through tooling and team practices. Zachary’s background is unusually interdisciplinary—holding a BA in Theology before earning a BS in Computer Science—bringing a thoughtful, people-centered approach to technical decision-making.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, GPA: 3.92, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, GPA: 3.92 at Clemson UniversityCourses in Computer Science and Mathematics, Computer Science, GPA: 4.00, Courses in Computer Science and Mathematics, Computer Science, GPA: 4.00 at Tri-County Technical CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Theological Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Theological Studies at Wheaton College
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Github Skills (30)
nxos10
javascript10
cypress10
testing10
lerna10
typescript10
build-system10
vscode-extension10
typescript-types10
monorepo10
build-tools10
typescripts10
cli10
command-line-interface9
cicd9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
nrwl/nx
Aug 2020 - Jan 2023
Build system, optimized for monorepos, with AI-powered architectural awareness and advanced CI capabilities.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:49 reviews, 56 commits, 183 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Zachary made significant contributions to the `nx` repository, focusing on enhancing build and testing processes. Their work included fixing testing configurations, specifically addressing precedence issues with base URLs in Cypress tests. They also developed and refined an internal link checker script, incorporating file scraping and anchor checks, which indicates work related to documentation and code integrity. Furthermore, the user added support for environment variable interpolation within the index.html files, improving the configuration flexibility of the web applications built with the framework.
nx-workspacesworkspacesclijavascriptcypress
nrwl/nx-console
Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
Nx Console is the user interface for Nx & Lerna.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 6 commits, 7 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Zachary contributed to the Nx Console, a UI for Nx & Lerna, by implementing new features and addressing bugs related to the user interface and command execution. Their work included adding the ability to run targets within the application and improving the run target view. They also addressed issues with command-line flag handling and corrected how camel case targets are handled.
user-interfacereactmonorepoconsoledeveloper-tools
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