Eric A. Zarko 4848 Alatar Drive Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (415) 850-9430 eric@zarko.org Experience: Clover, Sunnyvale, CA (4/24 - present) Staff Java Platform Architect * Designed and implemented core server platform components. * Worked with developers who utilize the platform and used their feedback to evolve it. * Helped teammates grow through better processes, practices and technical guidance. * Scaled systems sustainably through automation and contribute of changes that improve reliability and velocity. * Conducted blameless postmortems for incidents and diligently followed through with remediations. * Evaluated and implemented new technological solutions through proof of concept and drive to completion. Zarko Consulting LLC, Woodland Hills, CA (7/23 - present) Independent Contractor * Captured client requirements and designed new greenfield systems. * Designed, coded, tested, released, and maintained client systems. * Maintained HIPPA compliance. * Mentored junior engineers. Matterport, Sunnyvale, CA (11/21 - 7/23) Sr. Staff Software Engineer * Design, code and test RESTful and GraphQL APIs. * Replace existing monolithic Python application with modern GraphQL APIs. * Run agile ceremonies. * Own backlog items & prioritization. * Own roadmap and tracking to quarterly goals. * Negotiate with other Team Leads for help (assign work to another team). * Deployments. * Release Status Updates. Roblox, San Mateo, CA (8/18 - 11/21) Principal Software Engineer * Designed, coded, tested, released, and maintained numerous monolithic and microservice based RESTful web services in a daily release environment. * Redesigned and Recovered failing Developer Metrics project. Lead project to successful completion. * Built Roslyn Code Analyzer based solution to improve code quality as an independent project. * Performed an average of 47 code reviews per month. * Mentored junior engineers, interns and new hires. * Member of Emergency Response Team. * Member of Diversity & Inclusion working group. Oracle, Redwood City, CA (2/16 - 5/18) Consulting Member of the Technical Staff * Took Content-as-a-Service from conception to an integral part of Oracle Content and Experience Cloud. * Helped team adopt git SCM and mentored team members. * Innovated and consistently improved continuous build/integration methodology. * Managed security compliance for Content-as-a-Service. * Designed and worked on implementation of fully containerized server approach using Docker. * Created numerous proof-of-concept projects to show integration capabilities of Content-as-a-Service with other Oracle products. * Inspired other teams to adopt Oracle JET and replace rudimentary legacy applications with modern, sophisticated designs with little effort. * As a board member of the Oracle Military and Veteran Employee Network, developed and implemented a self-managed “microsite” approach for regional communities and specialized support groups within the organization to manage their own content directly using Oracle Content and Experience Cloud. TriNet, San Leandro, CA (6/13 - 2/16) Senior Architect * Coordinated Global Teams’ adaptation of new technologies and tools * Coded and presented “Proof of Concept” designs * Provided technical guidance to VPs, project managers, and developers * Designed and managed DevOps automation of developer tasks * Designed and managed the replacement of legacy code * Integrated software, tools and data from corporate acquisitions into larger corporate structure. TriNet, San Leandro, CA (12/11 - 6/13) Manager, Web Development * Managed a technical team consisting of developers, designers and technical writers * Set the technical direction for a phased reimplementation of company's multi-tenant SaaS portal application * Provided technical guidance to project managers and developers * Problem solved complex debugging issues with developers and administrators * Introduced Agile methodologies and made process improvements Sling Media, Foster City, CA (5/11 - 12/11) Principal Engineer * Designed and implemented next generation online placeshifting applications, working in both the backend and the frontend * Meet with satellite providers to capture future requirements in order to guide product roadmap * Acted as team lead for customer specific issues * Fixed an awful lot of bugs in crappy old contractor software in a short amount of time * Rewrote data ingestion engine * Developed Apache SOLR and jQuery plugins * Caused a paradigm shift in the way API documentation and testing were approached, increasing quality and early detection of issues * Proliferated use of smart technologies/methodologies across all of Sling Synacor, Buffalo, NY (3/09 - 5/11) Architect - Portal Kaboodle/CDS Global/Hearst Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (2/08 - 12/08) Lead Developer Envox Worldwide, Sausalito, CA (3/05 - 2/08) Staff Software Engineer/Project Leader Intel Corporation, Sausalito, CA (2/01 - 2/05) Staff Software Engineer Akopia, Inc., Reston, VA (9/00 - 12/00) Senior Developer World Web, Ltd., Alexandria, VA (1/00 - 9/00) Senior Programmer Interim Manager of Programming Senior Software Development Consultant MusiCosmos.com, Inc., Harrisonburg, VA (5/99 - 12/99) CIO Rockwell Electronic Commerce, Wood Dale, IL (5/98 - 5/99) Web Architect IntraSite, LLC, Norfolk, VA (3/97 - 5/98) Programmer/System Administrator iTRiBE, Norfolk, VA (4/96 - 3/97) Programmer Computer Skills: Languages: Go, Java, Kotlin, GraphQL, Python, C#, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, C++, CORBA, C, sh WWW Features: DotNetCore, ASP.Net, Google APIs, HTML, jQuery, ExtJs, Backbone.js, Drupal, WordPress, Catalyst, Facebook APIs, Mason, Servlets, Applets, ASP, JSP, browser specific features and compatibility issues Education: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA Certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified Developer - Associate AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional CNCF Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) CNCF Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA) CNCF Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) This resume is available online at: http://www.zarko.org/resume/ Last updated: February 5, 2025