Zac Charles
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Russian Elementary proficiency
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Ukrainian Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Steven Nagy
I was Zac's Software Development Manager and CTO for the majority of his employment at emerchants. Initially Zac was employed as a Developer. He contributed to the various products and brought elements of quality code and considered design, while also contributing positively to the team culture. As such, it was an easy decision to promote Zac to the position of Senior Developer. He often took the lead on projects including the architecture, and helped bring in positive tooling and automation changes. After his departure to the northern hemisphere I continued to employ Zac on a contracting basis with several renewals, knowing I could trust him to continue to deliver business value despite hugely different time zones and geolocation. I would gladly hire Zac again if he moved back to this side of the world.
Peter Koevari
Zac and I worked together ar emerchants, and I can safely say that he is one of the best developers I have worked with. Zac always strives to do his best at everything he does, and looks to innovate and bring in new technologies to challenge the status quo. Aside from producing high quality work, Zac also has a great sense of humor that made working with him a fun experience. I gladly recommend him to anyone seeking a professional developer.
Steven Nagy
I was Zac's Software Development Manager and CTO for the majority of his employment at emerchants. Initially Zac was employed as a Developer. He contributed to the various products and brought elements of quality code and considered design, while also contributing positively to the team culture. As such, it was an easy decision to promote Zac to the position of Senior Developer. He often took the lead on projects including the architecture, and helped bring in positive tooling and automation changes. After his departure to the northern hemisphere I continued to employ Zac on a contracting basis with several renewals, knowing I could trust him to continue to deliver business value despite hugely different time zones and geolocation. I would gladly hire Zac again if he moved back to this side of the world.
Peter Koevari
Zac and I worked together ar emerchants, and I can safely say that he is one of the best developers I have worked with. Zac always strives to do his best at everything he does, and looks to innovate and bring in new technologies to challenge the status quo. Aside from producing high quality work, Zac also has a great sense of humor that made working with him a fun experience. I gladly recommend him to anyone seeking a professional developer.
Steven Nagy
I was Zac's Software Development Manager and CTO for the majority of his employment at emerchants. Initially Zac was employed as a Developer. He contributed to the various products and brought elements of quality code and considered design, while also contributing positively to the team culture. As such, it was an easy decision to promote Zac to the position of Senior Developer. He often took the lead on projects including the architecture, and helped bring in positive tooling and automation changes. After his departure to the northern hemisphere I continued to employ Zac on a contracting basis with several renewals, knowing I could trust him to continue to deliver business value despite hugely different time zones and geolocation. I would gladly hire Zac again if he moved back to this side of the world.
Peter Koevari
Zac and I worked together ar emerchants, and I can safely say that he is one of the best developers I have worked with. Zac always strives to do his best at everything he does, and looks to innovate and bring in new technologies to challenge the status quo. Aside from producing high quality work, Zac also has a great sense of humor that made working with him a fun experience. I gladly recommend him to anyone seeking a professional developer.
Steven Nagy
I was Zac's Software Development Manager and CTO for the majority of his employment at emerchants. Initially Zac was employed as a Developer. He contributed to the various products and brought elements of quality code and considered design, while also contributing positively to the team culture. As such, it was an easy decision to promote Zac to the position of Senior Developer. He often took the lead on projects including the architecture, and helped bring in positive tooling and automation changes. After his departure to the northern hemisphere I continued to employ Zac on a contracting basis with several renewals, knowing I could trust him to continue to deliver business value despite hugely different time zones and geolocation. I would gladly hire Zac again if he moved back to this side of the world.
Peter Koevari
Zac and I worked together ar emerchants, and I can safely say that he is one of the best developers I have worked with. Zac always strives to do his best at everything he does, and looks to innovate and bring in new technologies to challenge the status quo. Aside from producing high quality work, Zac also has a great sense of humor that made working with him a fun experience. I gladly recommend him to anyone seeking a professional developer.
Credentials
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AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Mar, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Feb, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Stedi
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Serverless Engineer
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Nov 2021 - Present
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Just Eat Takeaway.com
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Netherlands
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Principal Engineer
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Mar 2020 - Nov 2021
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Lead Engineer
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Jun 2016 - Mar 2020
Just Eat is a leading global marketplace for online food delivery, connecting 17.6m+ customers to 68.5k restaurants in 13 countries, and employing over 2,900+ people, including me!During my time in this position, I lead a team split between London and Kyiv which owns core services that impact fulfilment of every order.I started working for Just Eat while I was living in Kyiv, but I relocated to London in January 2018 and continue to work for them!
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EML
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Australia
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Financial Services
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300 - 400 Employee
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Software Development Consultant
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May 2015 - Feb 2016
In order to move overseas, I resigned from emerchants. Upon resigning, I was invited to continue working remotely as a contractor. This allowed me to focus solely on producing good software, without some of the distractions associated with a full-time office job.
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Senior Software Developer
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Sep 2013 - Apr 2015
In addition to below, I put a lot of time and energy into architecture, process, technology, and automation improvements aimed at increasing the team's productivity and decreasing the risk of software defects.
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Software Developer
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Mar 2013 - Sep 2013
emerchants provides innovative payment solutions leveraging reloadable and non-reloable prepaid debit cards (EFTPOS and Visa). I helped develop the vast ecosystem of websites, background services, and APIs which makes this possible.
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Raytheon
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer
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Mar 2010 - Mar 2013
Since Raytheon is a defence contractor, if you ask my friends: I made bombs and programmed the red nuclear launch button. In reality, I developed software which managed the transport, tracking, and maintenance of the Australian Defence Force's less dangerous equipment: scales, multimeters, guages, etc. Since Raytheon is a defence contractor, if you ask my friends: I made bombs and programmed the red nuclear launch button. In reality, I developed software which managed the transport, tracking, and maintenance of the Australian Defence Force's less dangerous equipment: scales, multimeters, guages, etc.
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Education
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University of Tasmania
Bachelor of Computing, Computer Software Engineering