Java
Zachary Philley
Senior Software Engineer
Renton,WA
Summary
Multi-faceted software developer knowledgeable in Java, Angular, C#, Python, and SQL. True team player offering 5 years of experience in the software industry specializing in creating Java APIs for large scale use.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
8
8
Languages
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Adaptiva
Bellevue, WA
05.2025 - Current
- Created the company's first load test suite simulating tens if not hundreds of thousands of requests per second using the Locust framework.
- Created one of the company's first microservices used to automatically consolidate files across multiple customers and scan them for viruses prior to being allowed to download.
- Took over the entire Linux Metadata generation project which gathered CVE information on various linux packages allowing the customers to see what versions have security vulnerabilities
Senior Software Engineer
Standvast Fulfillment
04.2024 - 03.2025
- Wrote the companies new Order Management System using Django from the ground up providing better data availability and stability for the Warehouse Management System. This system ended up being the most reliable system created under the WMS team with an exceedingly low rate of failure.
- Integrated with Amazon's SPAPI through Celigo with the OMS creating a more consistent and reliable mechanism to consume Amazon orders.
- Helped pioneer a new service using Django that would integrate with Amazon's Fulfilled By Amazon api to restock Amazon warehouses with Standvast inventory. This system dramatically increased productivity by reducing the time needed to calculate shipments to the Amazon warehouses by several hours per order.
- Created various dashboards to view and monitor the above projects alerting the oncall or relevant teams.
- Developed new coding standards for the team and introduced better testing patterns leading to an increase in code quality and legibility.
- Mentored junior developers in design patterns and best practices to help them grow as developers as they assisted in the development of the above projects.
- Participated in various design meetings in order to discus possible solutions to various problems and engineer the high level solution to these problems. Then breaking down the high level solution into singular tasks for other developers to work on.
- Assisted the Principle Engineer in making critical design decisions, complex problems that occur during development, and assigning tasks to other developers helping to reduce his workload. This then allowed him to focus on other tasks such as assisting the PM in identifying existing pain points in our processes that could be improved upon in future projects.
Senior Software Engineer
Swiftly
08.2022 - 04.2024
- Updated existing GoLang project to compress uploaded images to save storage space.
- Implemented a new backend Kotlin system that integrated with a GraphQL service to serve Web Ads.
- Extended the existing Ads Serve service to also include promoted coupons based on provided search parameters.
- Implemented a consistent method for tracking ad views and clicks using Azure Event Hubs. These events would then be distributed to multiple teams and data tracked for consistent billing of customers.
- Integrated with the Google Ads platform to record Google Ad views and clicks using Azure Event Hubs as a record of client events.
- Updated Datadog alerts based on critical metrics such as when a platform suddenly lost views on ads.
- Created new metric views and alerts in Grafana after integrating with the existing Ads service.
Software Development Engineer II
GameStop
05.2021 - 07.2022
- Integrated with aging IBM mainframe technology (AS400) by modernizing data access to new Java microservices in AWS
- Deprecated poorly documented legacy VB6 code by recreating the logic in a new Kotlin based microservice.
- Pioneered Airflow use and deployment in order to have a consistent method of running scheduled jobs with a high level of visibility.
- Interview and mentor junior developers, having them assist me on various tasks as they learn how to write production level code.
- Independently gather information on and document legacy systems in order to remove blockers on existing projects.
- Helped define team wide coding standards and testing requirements.
- Assisted in transitioning the legacy Warehouse Management System to use the new IBM Sterling.
Software Development Engineer II
Zulily LLC
01.2018 - 05.2021
- Deprecated legacy C# code while creating a newer, better written solution in an existing Java microservice.
- Migrated existing microservices from a monolithic project into a team specific project while switching from Dagger to Dropwizard and maintaining git history.
- Created and deployed a new system to handle printing packing slips on Zebra printers using an easy to run Java executable that interfaced with an AWS Java microservice.
- Created and deployed a new orchestration service in Java to serve Zulily's Warehouse Management Software with all the required data needed to operate.
- Created the interface between Zulily's WMS system and Power BI for easier to access analytics.
- Interfaced with another team's Item Master api in order to track hazmat information for warehouse processing.
- Assist senior engineers in creating a new version of the container service used by the WMS to simplify and streamline existing processes.
- Write quick and efficient SQL queries to query highly trafficked tables to minimize database load.
- Help implement a standard Java implementation for calling other microservices using client interfaces.
- Upgraded and optimized GitLab deployments allowing for caching of Docker images and redeploying old images should a new deployment cause systems to fail.
Programmer
AutomatedID
03.2015 - 12.2017
- Modified existing PHP and Android (Java) code to correct pre-existing errors, allow for new hardware to be used, and improve code performance.
- Created a website using HTML/PHP/CSS/JavaScript to act as a clone and replacement to a VB6 project.
- Oversaw all major enhancements to existing software.
- Monitored and updated server data using mySQL.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
University of Houston
Houston 08.2012 - 05.2016
Skills
Testing and debugging
API design knowledge
Kubernetes
Docker
Machine Learning
Agile development methodologies
Root cause analysis
Airflow
Accomplishments
- Successfully deployed a company required change to the code-base during peak season without bringing down any warehouses.
- Created a usable file uploader during my internship that is still used today.
- Mentored 3 new employees to bring them up to speed on projects, resulting in quicker overall completion milestones.
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Adaptiva
05.2025 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Standvast Fulfillment
04.2024 - 03.2025
Senior Software Engineer
Swiftly
08.2022 - 04.2024
Software Development Engineer II
GameStop
05.2021 - 07.2022
Software Development Engineer II
Zulily LLC
01.2018 - 05.2021
Programmer
AutomatedID
03.2015 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
University of Houston
08.2012 - 05.2016
Software
Kotlin
Python
C#
SQL
PHP
Angular
C
Experience
- Java - 4 years learning, 7 years professionally
- SQL - 5 years
- Python - 3 years
- PHP/Angular - 3 years
- C# - 2 years
- Django - 1 year