# Zach Paulson

> Senior SDE at Flexe

Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/zachpaulson

Senior Full-Stack Developer with experience serving a wide range of business areas and needs. Strong experience in technical project leadership and management. Proven track record overseeing and delivering client-focused software solutions. Adept at understanding business needs and translating into technical requirements. Passionate about tech and not afraid to step in to any role that needs filling.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Development Engineer @ Flexe
Jan 2022 – Present

### Sr. Software Developer @ Consumer Cellular, Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Portland, Oregon, United States
• Leads projects from technical design through to deployment
• Collaborates often with teams across many domains
• Manages and mentors team of developers
• Maintains large code base with a mixture of modern and legacy frameworks and technologies
• Proficient in C#, .NET (Core and Framework), Vue, SQL

### Technical Project Lead @ AltSource, Inc
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Portland, Oregon, United States
• Gathers technical requirements for projects in the form of technical design and project requirement documents. 
• Implemented processes on team to improve efficiency by removing redundant tasks. 
• Manages and mentors team of developers. 
• Liaison on multiple projects with international team, including preparing technical work for development.

### Software Developer @ AltSource, Inc
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Portland, Oregon Area
• Two-plus years’ developing in a large code base. 
• Manages and mentors small team of developers. 
• Quickly gained extensive knowledge of 30+ applications and became go-to person for information on team. 
• Liaison on multiple projects with international team, including preparing technical work for development. 
• Strong ability to quickly triage in production environment. 
• Conducts interviews (10% time) for all levels of software developer roles. 
• Close relationship with stakeholders shown through weekly conferences and daily support emails. 
• Regularly acts as designated support person for team on release nights for bi-weekly release cycle.
• Implemented processes on team to improve efficiency by removing redundant tasks. 
• Tech stack includes C#, .NET, VueJS, TypeScript, MSSQL Server

### System Software Engineer @ Amazon Robotics
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | North Reading, MA
•	Developed a program to flag incorrect inventory shelving interactions using LIDAR sensor data. Program parses log files for certain events, classifies each product pick, and stores information into a database table.
•	Carried out a test plan involving thermal imaging cameras to decide if thermal cameras could detect residual heat left on items in real time. Involved developing tests from scratch, processing thermal data, and recording and editing a proposal video.
•	Wrote three separate official Amazon white papers.
•	Worked mainly with Java, Python and MySQL.

### Software Development Engineer @ Avira
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Tettnang, Germany
•     Developed an internal tool to manage and create Across and Passolo projects for the Localization & Translation team, which included a database, server, and web interface.
•     Wrote all software, tested code, and managed a remote database as well as a Git repository. 
•     Worked with Python, C#, CherryPy, MySQL, Javascript, HTML5, and CSS in conjunction with one another. 
•     Taught a Python class for beginners within the company for four months.

### Software Development & Test Engineer @ Draper
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA
•     Worked on the Software Verification & Validation team, developing and carrying out tests for the Trident II MK 6 Mod 1 guidance system. 
•     Developed software, tests, and analysis for complex, real-time mission critical software applications.  
•     Worked with C++, Python, Matlab, Assembly, and Unix.

### System Test Engineer @ Harris Corporation
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Chelmsford, MA
•     Tested BeOn: a public safety app on Android, iOS, and Windows operating systems that enables Push-to-Talk (PTT) and real-time location and presence information between devices on a cellular network. 
•     Tests ranged from making sure the user interface worked to ensuring call quality in all conditions. 
•     Entailed writing and submitting error reports, then once receiving a new build confirming the problem was fixed.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering
Northeastern University
Jan 2012 – Jan 2017

### Bishop Guertin High School
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zach-paulson-624a68132

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Last updated: 2026-03-22