Zachary Friss
Staff Software Engineer at Semgrep
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Friss is a staff software engineer with 13 years of experience building high-impact frontend systems and leading engineering teams, currently at Semgrep after a long tenure at HubSpot. He has a proven track record driving frontend performance and reliability—founding HubSpot’s Frontend SRE efforts and improving org-wide performance SLA compliance from 20% to over 90% while reducing load-time targets. As an engineering lead he has managed cross-functional teams to deliver core sales applications used by thousands of reps, blending product collaboration with scalable architecture. Zachary is also a founder with hands-on startup experience in esports analytics (TheoryCraft), demonstrating an appetite for user-focused, real-time web experiences. Based in Raleigh, NC, he combines deep React/frontend chops with leadership that turns performance goals into measurable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Rochester Institute of Technology
Github Skills (200)
loading-animation10
declarative10
pace10
hubspot10
javascript10
client-library10
redo10
editor10
notification10
progress-bar10
lightning10
electron10
dispatcher10
typescript10
alerts10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Friss/TwitchStream
Jan 2015 - Oct 2016
Twitch streaming website template
Contributions:18 commits, 6 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 9 months
twitchstreaming
Friss/hound
Oct 2015 - Dec 2022
Lightning fast code searching made easy
Contributions:6 PRs, 12 pushes, 4 branches in 7 years 3 months
lightningsearching
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