Zachary Schaffer
Software Engineer at Apple
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZachary Schaffer is a software engineer with a decade of experience, currently building software at Apple with a focus on distributed systems, web development, and software security. His background spans fintech and consumer-facing work, with roles at Barclays, a startup full-stack position at Tell Us The Odds, and internships that solidified full-stack skills at Liberty Mutual. He pairs strong academic roots—a 3.79 BS in Computer Science from UMass Amherst—with practical tutoring and mentoring experience, reflecting both technical depth and an ability to explain complex concepts. Known for moving between large enterprise and startup environments, he brings a pragmatic approach to shipping secure, scalable systems and a curiosity for systems-level challenges that informs his day-to-day engineering.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.79, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.79 at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Github Skills (12)
kernel10
linux10
linux-kernel10
twine8
2d-game5
react5
reinforcement-learning5
deep-reinforcement-learning5
typescript4
bottomnavigationview3
elevation3
indoor-positioning2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ZachSchaffer/dotfiles-Dracula
May 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
ZachSchaffer/dotfiles-Outrun
Oct 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
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