# Zane Varner

> Software Engineer @ Google

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/zanevarner

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Ads Bidding Optimization Platform & Algorithms

### Data Scientist @ IBM
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Data Engineer (Intern), Duo Security @ Cisco
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | United States
•	Designed and implemented a new streaming data pipeline for ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) operations on sensitive product usage data
•	Reduced latency in processed data uploads from 4 days down to minutes, bolstering several business processes, including product development, customer data reporting, and machine learning
•	Constructed a scalable and generalizable pipeline, enabling the painless addition of new types of data
•	Created a continuous deployment strategy with error monitoring and seamless code/config updating
•	Developed scripts and mechanisms for organized testing and iteration
•	Implemented the streaming pipeline on Apache Spark and Kafka via AWS MSK and Glue
•	Provisioned deployment and security infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible

### Software Engineer (Intern), Duo Security @ Cisco
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | United States
•	Led new feature development in Duo’s new Universal Prompt, creating an easier and more effective Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) experience
•	Redesigned the Duo Push experience with zero-click, automatic notifications
•	Implemented new and improved authentication methods, including text messaging, phone calls, Duo Mobile one-time passcodes, and hardware tokens
•	Consulted over a dozen customers directly and compiled usage data to intelligently drive the feature development process
•	Shaped a brand new area of the Duo codebase, authoring internal-use articles on software architecture decisions, UI/UX considerations, and best practices for development
•	Collaborated in an Agile development team, engaging in paired programming, regular code reviews, and daily/weekly presentation of work

### Electrical Engineer (Intern) @ Siemens
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater Pittsburgh Area
•	Derived solutions for drive design and production that adhered to design standards and integrated seamlessly across company documentation
•	Provided timely response to engineering errors in the production of large drives, decreasing engineering defects per drive shipped by ~33%
•	Improved quality through validation/correction of all deliverables, including assembly drawings, wiring schematics, factory acceptance testing, and system software, decreasing engineering ‘Quality Incident Reports’ per week by ~30%
•	Communicated clear short-term corrective action plans to production workers
•	Collaborated with the Engineering Core team to devise and document long-term solutions


## Education
### Master of Science in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
Case Western Reserve University

### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Case Western Reserve University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zanevarner

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Last updated: 2026-04-05