# Zack Holbrook > Software Engineer developing Cursor Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/zackholbrook Software engineer working on Cursor. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Cursor Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States ### Software Engineer @ Plaid Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Teaching Assistant & Research Assistant @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States • Teaching assistant for 6.009 (Fundamentals of Computer Programming) • Helped students during office hours with labs and general questions about the course material • Helped test labs and quizzes and helped decide on course logistics during staff meetings ### Software Engineering Intern @ Plaid Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States • Developed a job runner using Redis and Kubernetes to manage, track, and run bulk requests to Plaid’s internal tools systems. • Extended an internal Plaid API simulator tool to provide support engineers better tooling when • Presented the job runner system and work done over the summer during a virtual intern presentation at the end of the summer. ### Research Assistant @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Cambridge, MA ### Software Development Engineering Intern @ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Seattle • Developed automated security and compliance checks to alert our team of vulnerabilities within customer accounts using AWS Lambda and AWS Config, resulting in several issues being patched by our team • Presented threat models and design papers to engineers on relevant teams and summarized findings during a final presentation ### Flight Software Engineering Intern @ Northrop Grumman Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Redondo Beach, California • Developed GUI based tools for interpreting and searching a satellite’s telemetry data from test scenarios, and for determining symbol data from EEPROM image files and memory dumps using Python and Tkinter • Demoed tools to other engineers on the AMP Flight Software Team to receive feedback and suggestions • Presented work at the Explore Aerospace event and presented an internship summary to software directorate executives ### Embedded Software Engineering Intern @ Haemonetics Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Braintree, Massachusetts • Developed a “Simulator”, using C++ and Qt, to manipulate the GUI of a plasmapheresis device for use in training, demos, development, and support. • Implemented a log playback system to replay actual plasmapheresis procedures on the Simulator. • Created a system for running a simulated procedure of a plasmapheresis device for use in training and demos. • Wrote requirements and technical documentation for the Simulator project. ### Undergraduate Researcher @ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Cambridge, Massachusetts • Supported research focused on tissue-specific delivery of drugs using cell-derived nanovesicles. • Analyzed and collected data on cell type and expression using flow cytometry and spectrophotometry. • Assisted with combining genes using Gibbs Assembly for bacterial transformation. ### Window Cleaner @ Clear Blue Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho • Worked at a commercial and residential window cleaning company as a summer job for two years while in high school. • Acted as crew supervisor and delivered invoices when the normal supervisor was absent. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science & Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology ### High School Diploma Lake City High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zack-holbrook --- Source: https://flows.cv/zackholbrook JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/zackholbrook/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31