Zachary Hamm
Staff Software Engineer at Vantage
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolZachary Hamm is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and leading engineering efforts across startups and product companies, currently based in Milwaukee and working at Vantage. He progressed through senior and principal roles at Squarespace and System Initiative, pairing hands-on engineering with architecture and team mentorship. His background blends practical product delivery—spanning developer, support lead, and teaching roles—with a philosophical academic foundation (BA and graduate work in Philosophy) that informs clear reasoning and thoughtful technical tradeoffs. Known for low-level curiosity (his terse GitHub bio "int $0x80" hints at an appreciation for systems and the machine-level), he excels at bridging user needs and robust backend systems. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who balances shipping features with long-term maintainability.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Philosophy, Bachelor's degree, Philosophy at Shimer CollegePhilosophy, Philosophy at Emory UniversityMaster's degree, Philosophy, Master's degree, Philosophy at Duquesne University
French, German, Latin
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (127)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
zacharyhamm/algoliasearch-zendesk
Apr 2019 - May 2022
Integrate Algolia within your Zendesk Help Center in minutes.
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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zacharyhamm/stupid_hash
Nov 2016 - May 2021
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
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