Zico Deng is a software engineer in Seattle with nine years building scalable web services and developer-facing tools across startups and mid-size companies, currently contributing at Stripe. He has driven impactful backend work—owning shipment automation microservices at Convoy that cut alerts by 80% and reduced support tickets by 42%—and built integrations that lowered per-shipment costs through iPaaS migration. Prior roles span networking and security-focused product work at Ubiquiti and ExtraHop, where he shipped a real-time cyberthreat map and visitor management tooling, blending front-end polish with systems engineering. Zico also mentors and teaches—running bootcamps and career coaching—reflecting a knack for translating complex systems to learners. He deliberately seeks uncomfortable challenges, favoring hands-on ownership of both developer UX and operational reliability.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Informatics, Information Technology, 3.42, Informatics, Information Technology, 3.42 at University of Washington
Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code Camp
A+, A+ at YALI High School
Informatics, Information Technology, Informatics, Information Technology at University of Washington Information School
Contributions:1 PR, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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