Zakaria Sharief
Sr Software Engineer at Vacasa
Lombard, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZakaria Sharief is a senior full-stack software engineer with 10 years of experience building backend-driven applications for financial, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries. He holds an M.S. in Software and Systems Development from DePaul University and has a strong track record in Laravel backend development, system integrations, and mobile work across startups and larger firms. Currently at Vacasa after senior engineering roles at Asurion and multiple lead developer positions, he combines hands-on coding with architecture and integration expertise. Zakaria’s background includes academic research in query ordering and cache management, reflecting a performance-minded approach to backend systems. Based in Lombard, Illinois, he brings practical cross-domain experience and a propensity for solving complex integration and scalability challenges.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Programming, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Programming at DePaul UniversityHigh School Graduate, Computer Science, High School Graduate, Computer Science at International Indian School, DammamBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science at Osmania University
Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, English
Github Skills (44)
laravel10
php10
laravel-framework10
elearning9
breeze9
laravel-authentication9
crm9
lumen9
pusher9
management8
expressive8
auth8
backend8
authentication8
laravel-echo8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
zakriyarahman/angular-tour-of-heroes
Jul 2019 - Nov 2021
Angular tutorial 1
Contributions:18 PRs, 23 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 4 months
pipeangular-tutorialnrwl-nxangulartypescript
zakriyarahman/notes-sample
Dec 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:1 release, 140 PRs, 155 pushes in 3 years 1 month
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