Zak Burke
Senior Software Engineer at EBSCO Information Services
City of Rochester, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZak Burke is a senior software engineer with over two decades of experience building database-backed web applications and a dozen-plus years in senior roles across academia and industry. He combines deep server-side expertise (PHP, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Oracle/MySQL, UNIX) with modern front-end skills (React, Redux, jQuery, HTML/CSS), and has practical ops experience from systems administration to production deployments. Currently at EBSCO Information Services after driving FOLIO development at Cornell, he has a track record of modernizing library and research-facing systems as well as integrating legacy platforms. Comfortable across languages and stacks, Zak often bridges gaps between research teams and production engineering, and has taught and mentored students in CS50—highlighting his ability to explain complex technical concepts. His background in anthropology and information technology gives him a user-centered perspective on building practical, data-driven tools.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
MLA, Information Technology, MLA, Information Technology at Harvard UniversityBA, Anthropology, French, BA, Anthropology, French at Bowdoin College
French
Github Skills (195)
ui-components10
testing10
command-line-interface10
globalization10
realms10
component-library10
javascript10
react-components10
modular10
internationalization10
facilities10
localization10
rest10
icu10
data-access10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
folio-org/ui-plugin-find-user
Oct 2017 - Jan 2025
User-finder plugin for Stripes
Contributions:11 releases, 25 reviews, 89 PRs in 7 years 4 months
stripeuser-finderstripesfinder
folio-org/ui-myprofile
Aug 2018 - Mar 2025
UI module: managing user profile settings
Contributions:1 release, 14 reviews, 33 PRs in 6 years 7 months
settingsuser-profile
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