Zachary Karpinski
Senior Software Engineer at Capital One
Greater Philadelphia United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Karpinski is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building cloud-native systems and automations, currently focused on cloud engineering at Capital One. He combines hands-on backend development with cloud security and DevSecOps expertise from roles at Pegasystems and National Grid, where he led data integrations, ETL automation, and work-management systems. An active open-source contributor, Zachary added substantial AWS service support to the well-known moto mocking library and implemented resource integrations and policies for cloud-custodian, demonstrating deep familiarity with AWS APIs and testing. He is comfortable bridging technical execution and stakeholder needs—having moved from reporting and analytics into senior engineering and program roles—and often surfaces efficiency gains through automation. Based in Greater Philadelphia, he pairs a formal background in computer engineering and software engineering with a practical track record of turning complex cloud requirements into testable, reusable code.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at University of KentuckyPhysics/Engineering 3+2 Physics, Physics/Engineering 3+2 Physics at State University of New York CortlandBachelor of Science - BS Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Software Engineering at Western Governors University
Github Skills (19)
aws-appsync10
boto10
amazon-ecs10
cloud-computing10
python10
testing10
rule-engine10
sagemaker10
step-functions10
aws10
aws-ecs10
engine10
opensearch9
eventhub9
aws-eventbridge9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
getmoto/moto
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
A library that allows you to easily mock out tests based on AWS infrastructure.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 30 PRs, 22 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Zachary primarily contributed to the `moto/moto` repository by implementing support for AWS Network Manager, FSx, Directory Service (DS), Shield, AppSync, Step Functions, ECS, Resource Groups Tagging API (RGTA), and ES/OpenSearch services. Their work involved adding new features, modifying existing models and responses, and creating unit tests. The user's contributions added functionality for creating, describing, deleting, and managing resources related to these AWS services.
ec2bototestinginfrastructureaws-infrastructure
cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian
Jan 2024 - Feb 2025
Rules engine for cloud security, cost optimization, and governance, DSL in yaml for policies to query, filter, and take actions on resources
Role in this project:Backend & Cloud Engineer
Backend & Cloud EngineerContributions:10 reviews, 15 PRs, 27 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Zachary's contributions primarily focused on implementing and testing features related to AWS services, specifically SageMaker, Network Manager, Step Functions, EventBridge, Directory Service, Shield, and SESv2. Their work included adding resource definitions, filters, tagging capabilities, and actions within the cloud-custodian framework. The user demonstrated expertise in integrating and managing various AWS resources through code changes and test implementations.
gcpquery-filterserverlesscompliancecloud-security
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