Summary
Zachary Ritchie is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications and integrations, currently driving software development at ScanTech Identification Beam Systems. He has strong front-end expertise with React, Ember, Redux and heavy JavaScript usage, and solid back-end experience with Node/Express, Java, and Spring from enterprise projects at JPMorgan Chase. Known for thriving in rigorous training and high-pressure environments—he was the only candidate in a Revature cohort to avoid a second interview—Zachary pairs practical troubleshooting and IT support background with production-grade SDLC practices like Jest, Cucumber, Jenkins, and Bitbucket. Based in the Grand Rapids area, he combines a persistent, goal-oriented work ethic with a bachelor’s focus in gaming and simulations, bringing both systems thinking and user-focused UI skills to complex integrations.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Computer Science, with a specialty in gaming and simulations, 3.3 GPA, Bachelors of Computer Science, with a specialty in gaming and simulations, 3.3 GPA at Davenport University