Zedd Shmais
Principal Software Engineer People Manager at Skylight
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolZedd Shmais is a Principal Software Engineer and people manager based in Dallas with 11 years of experience building and leading engineering teams across startups and large enterprises. He progressed from Android and embedded work into senior roles at AT&T and Pivotal Labs before shaping platform and product delivery as Staff and now Principal Engineer at Skylight. Zedd blends hands-on development with mentorship, focusing on pragmatic architecture and team growth to ship reliable systems. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and a BS in Computer Engineering from UT Arlington, pairing strong academic foundations with practical delivery. Outside work he describes himself as a "Maker at night," suggesting a habit of prototyping side projects that inform his product instincts.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Tarrant County CollegeBachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (BSCpE) Computer Engineering (CpE), Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (BSCpE) Computer Engineering (CpE) at The University of Texas at ArlingtonMaster of Science Computer Science, Master of Science Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (25)
health10
testing10
terraform10
facilities10
spring-boot10
graphql10
xcloud9
xbox9
streaming7
hl76
nodejs6
marketing6
javascript5
typescript4
linux4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
zdeveloper/react-datastream
Apr 2018 - Jun 2020
React js state management made easy!
Contributions:25 commits, 2 PRs, 23 pushes in 2 years 2 months
reactstate-managementstatelessreact-hooksreact-js
zdeveloper/JohnCena.JS
Oct 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 1 year 7 months
javascriptnodejspowerjohnjohn-cena
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