Eric A. Zarko 4848 Alatar Drive Woodland Hills, CA 91364 (415) 850-9430 eric@zarko.org Experience: Independent Contractor, Woodland Hills, CA (7/23 - present) * 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 * Managed technical aspects of portal redesign * Provided technical guidance to project managers and developers * Acted as liaison between multiple departments working simultaneously on site issues * Debugged whole system problems that span team boundaries * Mentored interns and managed intern projects * Advocated framework proliferation * Presented technical information to clients and potential clients * Transitioned team from waterfall to Agile development 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: Kotlin, GraphQL, C#, Java, 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 This resume is available online at: http://www.zarko.org/resume/ Last updated: February 27, 2024