# ➡️Zach Olivare

> UI Architect, full-stack, UX advocate

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/zacholivare

My blog: www.olivare.net
If you're looking for...
● A UI Architect
● Fullstack experience
● React, TypeScript, and CSS
● Design systems
● Open source experience
● Web, desktop, mobile
● ADA compliance
● UX Advocacy
● 10+ years of experience
● A compelling communicator
● Effective solutions to complex problems

...then you've come to the right place!

## Work Experience
### Founding Engineer @ CaseOrbit
Jan 2024 – Present | Sacramento, California, United States
Building AI-centric legal redaction software. I own end-to-end frontend and backend applications. React RSC, Next.Js 15, Tailwind, Fastify, Mongo DB, AWS, Vercel, TypeScript everything. 

https://www.caseorbit.com

### Lead Software Engineer @ SkySlope
Jan 2023 – Present | Sacramento, California, United States
● Executed a complete frontend redesign of an application with 5,000+ daily active
users with zero user impact
● Created and thoroughly documented a shared utility library that removed thousands of lines of duplicated code across 10+ projects

### Senior Software Engineer @ SkySlope
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Sacramento, California, United States
● Architected and lead the development of a $4M revenue product using Next.js, React, TypeScript, React Query, Tailwind CSS, Node, Koa, MongoDB Atlas
● Implemented the UX design system as a shared JS library. Also created its docs website (Storybook) and gave company-wide presentations to increase adoption
● Authored a custom framework to allow for the creation of reusable email templates in React and MJML
● Mentored junior & mid-level developers


https://offers.skyslope.com
https://breeze.skyslope.com

### Frontend Software Engineer @ Bright Cellars
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
● Crafted experiences to delight our users
● Created a library of themeable React components (with typescript) capable of being used across products. Much time and effort was put into making components easy to use, yet flexible, for a variety of use cases
● Collected information on user behavior with Google Analytics & Mixpanel
● Executed A/B tests to enable data-driven design
● Worked closely with the design team to work through problems, give feedback, and offer technical advice
● Wrote meaningful, robust automated tests

### UX Developer @ Johnson Controls
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
● Architected and built an embedded Windows IoT Core UWP application for Johnson Controls' first ever smart residential thermostat, GLAS
● As the security champion for GLAS, I worked with security consultants and 3rd party pen testers to meet corporate security requirements
● Contributed to CCT, the Controller Configuration Tool, an application used by installers all over the world to flash and set up new and existing HVAC controllers
● Contributed to what would become the largest scale automated testing framework ever created at the company, encompassing an entire suite of applications

### Web Developer @ Kalmbach Media
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Brookfield, WI
● Overhauled the current web solution with a modern technology stack
● Created a library of theme-able React components to facilitate rapid new project development
● Created a fast, static site using Gatsby, React, and Contentful

### Technical Consultant @ Robert Half
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
● Architected and build dynamic React applications utilizing Redux, Typescript, Gatsby, and modern JavaScript tooling
● Instructed software teams on Git usage and best practices
● Collaborated with clients to determine how best to develop applications to meet their needs

### UI Architect @ EVERSANA
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Milwaukee
● Developed the frontend of a nurse management system that allows coordinators to search for and manipulate nurse records through a variety of user friendly mechanisms, including a custom Google Maps integration

### Software Engineer - UI Lead @ Johnson Controls
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Milwaukee
● Architected and developed a UWP application to run in a resource constrained environment
● Leveraged Microsoft's Azure platform to remotely manage IoT devices
● Worked across numerous individual teams to develop and maintain shared libraries
● Acted as a Security Champion to ensure products meet the latest industry security standards
● Communicated effectively with remote developers across state and national borders

### Technical Intern @ Johnson Controls
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016
● Wrote automated test scripts in Python
● Used Selenium to automate desktop and mobile web tests
● Used the scrum Methodology to manage product development
● Programed on-site field controllers
● Wrote various small tools for converting manual tests into different forms in Java and Visual Basic
● Enhanced a custom application for assessing site health in C#
● Supported and developed on a large scale controller configuration application


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering
Milwaukee School of Engineering


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/olivare
- Website: https://olivare.net

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Last updated: 2026-03-29