Zachary Powell
Staff Software Engineer at Lark42
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolZachary Powell is a Staff Software Engineer in New York with 11 years building and scaling web platforms, primarily using Ruby. He’s taken multiple startups from first commit to profitability, serving as a hands‑on tech lead, co‑founder, and CTO across music tech, e‑commerce, and crowdfunding. At PledgeMusic and Arena he led architecture and launch efforts that handled complex domains like timed logistics, multi‑currency accounting, and high‑traffic event spikes. Zachary advises first‑time CTOs and shapes product‑level technical strategy through Lark42 while continuing hands‑on API and platform work at Cutover. He combines a pragmatic, product‑focused engineering style with an inventor’s curiosity—his background in film and electronic media informs a strong sense for user experience and storytelling in technical products. Mostly Ruby in public, he quietly specializes in turning messy domain requirements into robust, profitable systems.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Film and Electronic Media, BA, Film and Electronic Media at Bard College
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Github Skills (40)
rails8
ruby8
aws-services7
mvc7
ruby-on-rails7
activerecord7
html7
aws6
minimum6
erb6
docker5
saas4
paas4
privacy3
mongoid3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
babelian/ruby_extensions
Aug 2014 - Oct 2019
Method Extensions on Ruby classes
Contributions:60 commits, 26 pushes, 11 tags in 5 years 3 months
ruby-onextensionsmethodruby
babelian/rspec_extensions
Aug 2014 - Oct 2019
Contributions:37 commits, 26 pushes, 6 tags in 5 years 2 months
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