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<h2>CONTACT</h2>
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<li><strong>name</strong>: Zach Valenta</li>
<li><strong>phone</strong>: 646.520.6759</li>
<li><strong>email</strong>: zjv5002@gmail.com</li>
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<p>➡️ <a href="https://www.zachvalenta.com/phone-screen.html">phone screen in 200 words</a></p>
<h2>PROFILE</h2>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/zachvalenta">Github</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachvalenta/">LinkedIn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/6813490/zach-valenta?tab=profile">Stack Overflow</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.zachvalenta.com/">personal site</a></li>
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<h2>SKILLS</h2>
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<li><strong>infra</strong>: AWS (Lambda, CloudWatch, EC2, IAM) PaaS (Cloud Foundry) IAC (<a href="https://github.com/zachvalenta/terraform-ec2">Terraform</a>) <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/47824267/6813490">Linux</a></li>
<li><strong>ops</strong>: servers (<a href="https://github.com/zachvalenta/nginx-wsgi">Nginx, Gunicorn</a>) messaging (RabbitMQ, Qpid) </li>
<li><strong>backend</strong>: Python (Django/DRF, Flask) Java (Spring) misc (SQL, PHP, regex, <a href="https://github.com/zachvalenta/mdn-scrape">Algolia</a>)</li>
<li><strong>frontend</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/zachvalenta/vue-firebase">Vue</a>, Angular, Selenium</li>
<li><strong>Python</strong>: libraries (<a href="https://github.com/zachvalenta/create-python-app">bpython, Black, bandit, coverage, loguru, pdoc, pytest, python-dotenv</a>) scraping (<a href="https://github.com/zachvalenta/mdn-scrape">Scrapy, Beautiful Soup</a>)</li>
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<p>📝 fluent in Chinese</p>
<h2>EXPERIENCE</h2>
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<p><strong>2022.01-2023.12</strong>: United Masters</p>
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<li><em>project</em>: payments</li>
<li><em>role</em>: backend (Flask, Postgres, Mongo, Kafka)</li>
<li><em>contribution</em>: projects include hardening data ingregrity for Split Pay system, integrating Chargebee for subscriptions, moving from 3rd party royalty system to in-house replacement</li>
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<p><strong>2019.06-2021.07</strong>: Eliassen (BNY, Capital One)</p>
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<li><em>project</em>: infrastructure automation</li>
<li><em>role</em>: backend (Flask, Django)</li>
<li><em>contribution</em>: CLI client and Flask server to run distributed go-to-production testing suites on bare metal and VMWare servers</li>
<li><em>project</em>: risk rating for sector-specific (real estate, energy) commercial lending</li>
<li><em>role</em>: backend (Flask, SQL, Docker)</li>
<li><em>contribution</em>: write microservices, establish SDLC patterns (repo standardization, code review)</li>
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<p><strong>2016.12-2019.02</strong>: JP Morgan</p>
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<li><em>project</em>: feature-flagging system for high traffic clients (Chase.com)</li>
<li><em>role</em>: backend (Django, DRF, SQL) ops (Cloud Foundry, database migrations, load balancers)</li>
<li><em>contribution</em>: search, user/group perms, ER models</li>
<li><em>project</em>: CRM for HNW clients</li>
<li><em>role</em>: backend (PHP, SugarCRM, SQL) frontend (Angular1, Selenium)</li>
<li><em>contribution</em>: API integrations, Selenium integration test suite, Angular admin dashboard</li>
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<p><strong>2013.09-2016.09</strong>: Johns Hopkins University (coordinator)</p>
<p><strong>2012.05-2015.10</strong>: Buy Buy China (consultant)</p>
<h2>OPEN SOURCE</h2>
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<li><strong>technical writer</strong>: Stack Overflow (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/47824267">threads vs. processes</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/61151333">debugging</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/63585954">Docker Compose inheritance</a>), <a href="https://github.com/zachvalenta/nginx-wsgi">technical article</a> covered by <a href="https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/120/aws-mongodb-and-the-economic-realities-of-open-source-and-more">Python Bytes podcast</a></li>
<li><strong>code contributor</strong>: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Python-Practices-Development/dp/1491933178/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=bookforkind-20&amp;linkId=804806ebdacaf3b56567347f3afbdbca">The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python</a> (PRs on <a href="https://github.com/realpython/python-guide/pull/993">loguru</a>, <a href="https://github.com/realpython/python-guide/pull/970">Clint</a>), various (<a href="https://github.com/timothycrosley/portray/blob/master/docs/contributing/4.-acknowledgements.md">Portray</a>, <a href="https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/14538">CPython</a>, <a href="https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/ptpython/issues/304">ptpython</a>, <a href="https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit/issues/471">bandit</a>, <a href="https://github.com/dylanaraps/fff/pull/116">fff</a>)</li>
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