Staff software engineer

I build software teams can rely on.

I'm Zachary, a Staff Software Engineer at Figure. I work on product features, backend services, internal tools, and the systems that help teams ship.

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12+ yrs building and maintaining production software
Guidance mentorship, planning, and technical decisions
100+ apps experience across internal tools and business systems
Full stack frontend, backend, mobile, and deployment work

A few things I've worked on.

I tend to enjoy work that helps teams move faster, makes data easier to find, or turns rough workflows into reliable tools.

Figure

Private-label loan platform

Built multi-tenant tools that help loan officers and agents manage loan applications from start to finish.

  • Kotlin
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • PostgreSQL

Search platform

Flexible search tools

Built search with suggestions, filters, and backend pipelines so teams could find the records they needed faster.

  • Elasticsearch
  • Kafka
  • React

Knoxville Utilities Board

Customer mobile access

Helped build an iOS app where customers could see account details, usage data, and service alerts.

  • Swift
  • Xcode
  • Analytics

Developer experience

APIs, tests, and deployment paths

Created API conventions, added CI checks, and improved the path from code review to production.

  • Java
  • Jenkins
  • GitHub
  • AWX

Comfortable across the stack.

I like problems where the interface, backend, and team workflow all have to line up.

Frontend and UI

Interfaces people can understand quickly

React, TypeScript, Ember, Ant Design, UI architecture, search flows, internal tools.

Backend systems

Services that are clear to use and maintain

Java, Kotlin, REST services, queues, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Kafka.

Infrastructure

Tools that make shipping less painful

CI/CD, Jenkins, Kubernetes, automation, code coverage, reliability, performance.

Leadership

Technical leadership without drama

Mentorship, planning, hiring, process improvement, and cross-team collaboration.

Mobile

Native apps for customer workflows

iOS, Swift, Xcode, usage analytics, crash insights, and account workflows.

I care about how software gets used.

My background includes computer science, an MBA in IT management, and more than a decade of building software with product and operations teams.

I have led engineers, shipped customer-facing products, built internal tools, and spent a lot of time on the small workflow details that decide whether software gets used.

Staff Software Engineer, Figure

Helping guide product work, platform improvements, and the way the team ships.

Senior Software Engineer, Figure

Loan platform tooling, search infrastructure, internal operations, and customer-facing product work.

Application Systems Analyst/Programmer III, KUB

Engineering mentorship, customer mobile app development, and payment service integration.

Application Systems Analyst/Programmer II, KUB

Internal app hub work, API standards, deployment automation, and shared UI tooling.

Application Systems Analyst/Programmer I, KUB

Full-stack work on customer and employee workflows.

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