Zak Holt
Senior Software Engineer at Freshpaint
Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolZak Holt is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building full-stack web applications and deployment pipelines, currently shaping product at Freshpaint. He brings hands-on expertise in React/TypeScript, Node.js, Python, and infrastructure automation with Docker and Ansible, having led frontend migrations and established coding standards at scale. As a founding engineer at Fyler and technical lead at Pawp and Enlitic, he has scoped and shipped ML-enabled workflows and real-time data layers using Elixir/Phoenix. Zak blends startup grit with disciplined engineering practices, from interviewing and team scaling to on-prem and cloud deployment strategies. Based in Frederick, Maryland, he pairs formal web development training with diverse early-career roles—from barista trainer to theatrical producer—that reveal strong operational leadership and people skills. He’s pragmatic about shipping production software and enjoys solving cross-cutting problems that sit between frontend UX and backend systems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCampAssociate’s Degree General Studies, Associate’s Degree General Studies at Frederick Community CollegeWeb Development, Web Development at ThinkfulHigh School Degree, High School Degree at Urbana High School
English
Github Skills (132)
pluggable10
passenger10
typescript10
openid10
identity-provider10
idp10
react-component9
risk-assessment9
datepicker9
identity9
authentication9
authorization-server9
oauth9
openid-connect9
connect9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
zakjholt/dotfiles
Oct 2017 - Nov 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 64 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 2 months
chighja/virgoReader
Jan 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 comments in 2 years
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