Zachary Henkel
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolZachary Henkel is a seasoned software engineer with over a decade of experience applying modern C++ to performance-critical applications, currently contributing to the Core Architecture Team for Office at Microsoft. He specializes in analysis and tooling to improve large codebases, automating hard-to-own areas and raising overall code quality across teams. His background spans finance, manufacturing, and consumer device software at Intuit, Intel, Garmin, and Quest, giving him a pragmatic view of shipping reliable systems in diverse domains. Zachary pairs deep low-level C++ expertise with a focus on developer productivity—building tools and processes that make teammates more effective. Based in Madison, WI, he seeks roles local to the area or fully remote, and often gravitates toward projects where measurable performance and maintainability gains are possible.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Arizona State UniversityBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Github Skills (46)
react-native10
uwp10
dotnet10
xbox10
cpp10
react10
libclang9
windows9
bigint8
integer8
toolchain8
modular8
biginteger7
llvm7
constexpr7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ZachHenkel/CppCoreGuidelines
May 2017 - Nov 2019
The C++ Core Guidelines are a set of tried-and-true guidelines, rules, and best practices about coding in C++
Contributions:11 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 6 months
cppguidelinescpp17rules
ZacharyHenkel/include-what-you-use
Jun 2019 - Nov 2019
A tool for use with clang to analyze #includes in C and C++ source files
Contributions:4 PRs, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
cppclangcode-analysisstatic-analysisanalyze
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