Zack Grossbart
STSM at IBM
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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RockstarZack Grossbart is a senior technical staff member at IBM’s AI Center of Excellence, helping teams across the company adopt secure, high-velocity AI solutions while building reusable tools and teaching core AI concepts. With 15 years of experience in cloud, release engineering, and UI/SDK architecture, he previously kept IBM’s Next Generation Cloud stable and performant for 900+ developers across 12 regions and 36 data centers. He blends deep systems and release-engineering expertise with front-end craftsmanship, contributing accessibility and UX improvements to IBM’s Carbon Design System and building interactive tools like a semantic JSON compare. Known for pragmatic automation, Zack designs projects that remove toil and scale team productivity rather than just prototype features. Based in Somerville, MA, he pairs long-form engineering leadership—from Eclipse-based IDEs to cloud release pipelines—with a knack for human-centered developer tooling. Colleagues rely on him for secure, production-ready AI and cloud integrations that balance developer velocity with operational rigor.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (25)
accessibility10
json10
javascript10
ui-components10
carbon-design-system10
system-design10
system10
front-end-development10
sys10
react10
sc9
css9
scs9
html9
ui-design8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
zgrossbart/jdd
Sep 2015 - Jan 2023
A semantic JSON compare tool
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:14 reviews, 148 commits, 36 PRs in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Zack primarily focused on the development of the front-end user interface for a semantic JSON compare tool. The user implemented features such as sorting properties, formatting code, highlighting differences with color-coding, and creating an interactive user experience. They also reworked the styling and added features like file uploads and URL-based loading, contributing significantly to the project's core functionality and usability.
kebab-casedeltajson-viewercomparisonmerge
carbon-design-system/carbon
Jul 2018 - May 2019
A design system built by IBM
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 1 comment, 1 issue in 10 months
Contributions summary:Zack primarily focused on improving the accessibility and user experience of the Carbon Design System's React components. Their contributions included fixing accessibility issues by adding ARIA labels, adjusting tab indices, and modifying the structure of UI elements to improve semantic correctness. Furthermore, the user addressed bug fixes and made refinements to components such as pagination, selects, and tooltips. These changes demonstrate a commitment to improving the overall usability and accessibility of the design system.
reactjavascriptdesign-systemibmdesign-systems
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