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Zachary Harnish

Rochester,NY

Summary

Dynamic Senior Software Engineer at Paychex, with expertise in React and Java microservices. Proven track record in enhancing application reliability through automation and innovative solutions. Skilled in Kafka integration and API development, complemented by strong problem-solving abilities. Hackathon champion, showcasing leadership, and creativity in tech solutions.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer III

Paychex
Rochester, NY
01.2019 - Current
  • Work with React and formerly AngularJS to develop a frontend payroll web application.
  • Utilized Java and the Spring framework to create high-performing microservices.
  • Utilized Kafka for cross-app communication.
  • Utilized MongoDB and Oracle databases.
  • Wrote efficient SQL queries to both gather data in production as well as to handle CRUD operations in Microservices.
  • Hackathon Project – UI for automatically updating and deploying applications to local machines, project voted most likely to succeed
  • Utilized Splunk to handle logging and help debug issues in development environments as well as production incidents.

Software Development Intern

Ellucian
Rochester, NY
05.2018 - 08.2018
  • Ellucian Summer Intern HACKATHON Champion
  • Hackathon Project – Speech to Text for Hard of Hearing Students
  • Used Jenkins and bash scripts to implement automated tasks such as the following:
  • Increased application reliability by implementing automated machine backups by recovering data from snapshots.
  • Wrote Groovy scripts to decrease risk of user error within Jenkins configuration.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Software Development

Alfred State College
Alfred, NY
05.2019

Skills

  • HTML5
  • REACT
  • Agile methodologies
  • Kafka integration
  • AngularJS
  • API development
  • REST Microservices
  • Spring framework
  • Java microservices
  • Splunk
  • SQL
  • JavaScript
  • Amazon AWS
  • Linux/Unix scripting
  • Python
  • C#
  • Jenkins CI/CD
  • XLD/XLR
  • NODEJS

Projects

NodeJS and Express Web Application for tracking statistics and player info for a local soccer team using a Postgres DB back-end., Developed and deployed an Amazon Alexa Skill called Lord’s Prayer that has had over 50,000 unique users and utilizes AWS services.

Timeline

Software Engineer III

Paychex
01.2019 - Current

Software Development Intern

Ellucian
05.2018 - 08.2018

Bachelor of Technology - Software Development

Alfred State College