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Zak Nesler

Full-Stack Engineer

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zak@nesler.dev

Professional Qualities

  • A keen eye for detail and design
  • Loves running into problems, but loves solving them even more
  • Enjoys writing self-documenting, tested, and tidy code

Skills

Ready and willing to learn anything!
Languages
TypeScript, Rust, Go
Technologies
Next.js/React, Tailwind CSS, tRPC, MongoDB, Astro
Software
Docker, Git, Linear, Figma, Photoshop, Blender
Services
GitHub, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, Vercel, Azure, AWS

Experience

Full-Stack Engineer
itsWoop Technologies LLC
Media, PA
Jul 2022 – Present
  • Covers the entire development process from design to implementation and testing with a small team of developers
  • Designed and developed a customer-facing insurance dashboard with Next.js, with microservices to interface with 3rd party APIs and insurance/dealership systems
  • Collaborated with marketing and business teams to design and implement new features to increase user engagement and improve user experience
  • Utilizes microservice architecture with MERN stack, Next.js/Typescript, and Azure DevOps for CI and deployment
Web Developer Intern
Computer Visionaries, Inc.
Pittston, PA
Nov 2021 – Jun 2022
  • Implemented communication logging feature covering the entire stack with great feedback from end users
  • Improved UI/UX, loading times, and optimized SQL stored procedures
  • Utilized Express.js, Angular, and SQL Server
Project Manager & Developer
Airline Hydraulics Corp.
Bensalem, PA
Nov 2021 – May 2022
  • Designed and implemented an admin interface to manage warehouse employees & permissions
  • Managed a team of 3 developers to design and implement features for an existing web application
  • Utilized .NET Core, React, and SQL Server

Education

Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA
2018 – 2022
GPA: 3.6
Major GPA: 3.7
Graduated cum laude with a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science. One of two recipients of the Outstanding Senior Award in Computer Science.
Relevant Courses & Skills
  • Algorithms
  • Data Structures
  • Software Engineering
  • Web Development I & II
  • Computer Networks
  • Concurrent & Quantum Computing
  • Computer Architecture
  • Operating Systems
  • Theory of Computation
  • Principles of Prog. Languages
  • Compiler Design & Assembly
  • Team-oriented projects
  • Python, Java, C, C++, Go, Racket, PHP, HTML/CSS/JS, Unix