Zachary Punsalang
Experience
Full Stack Engineer — VantaSoft
Dec 2024 – Present Next.js | React/Native | Express | GraphQL | AWS
- Built and shipped frontend features for an education platform serving thousands of school districts, using React, Redux, and GraphQL to deliver scalable, performant UI components.
- Migrated healthcare-on-demand platform to a monorepo architecture, unifying 3 codebases into one and streamlining cross-platform development.
- Architected a custom data pipeline with cron jobs to transform scraped job data and sync with HubSpot CRM, accelerating lead targeting for sales teams.
Project Manager, QA Lead, Software Engineer — LightStrike Labs (Star/Child)
Jun 2024 – Nov 2024 Linear | Maestro | Supabase | Next.js | React/Native
- Drove feature prioritization and sprint planning across a 5-person team, increasing delivery velocity by 70%.
- Reduced release defects by implementing automated QA with Maestro end-to-end test scripts, improving build reliability.
- Built a shared component library with Tamagui UI in a monorepo, reused across web and 2 mobile apps.
Full Stack Engineer — Nutripair
Jan 2024 – May 2024 React Native | AWS Lambda | Cognito | S3
- Optimized AWS Lambda cold starts and schema design, improving API reliability and performance.
- Translated 4+ Figma screens into pixel-perfect responsive UI in Expo/React Native, shipping on time.
- Owned the full UI integration for dashboard and profile screens across the mobile app.
Founding Full Stack Engineer — Tramona
Dec 2023 – May 2024 Next.js | Shadcn/UI | Zustand | tRPC | Stripe
- Architected Stripe payment integration handling thousands of transactions, enabling secure host-guest payments.
- Engineered infinite scroll with cursor-based pagination, rendering 1,000+ property listings without performance degradation.
- Built real-time messaging with Supabase Realtime, supporting hundreds of concurrent users.
Front End Engineer — Diversity Hotline
Sep 2021 – Dec 2021 React | Firebase | Node.js | HTML/CSS | Agile
- Collaborated with UCI Student Services to build a Progressive Web Application for diversity, equity, and inclusion — adopted by the entire club membership.
- Shipped iteratively in an Agile workflow with weekly client feedback sessions, enhancing design and functionality each sprint.
- Drove campus outreach that increased app awareness and adoption across UCI community organizations.
Skills
- Languages: TypeScript, Java, Python, C/C++
- Frontend: React, React Native, Expo, Next.js, Zustand, Jotai, Redux, HTML, CSS, Tailwind CSS
- Backend: RESTful API, tRPC, GraphQL, Node.js, Express.js, Nest.js, Hono, Spring Boot
- Testing: Jest, Mocha, Maestro, Playwright
- Databases: PostgreSQL, Supabase, Firebase, MySQL, MongoDB
- Other: Agile, Linear, ClickUp, Slack, Sanity, Ecommerce (Shopify, Stripe), SEO
Education
University of California, Irvine — Irvine, CA
Sep 2019 – Apr 2022 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Mt. San Antonio College — Walnut, CA
Aug 2017 – Jun 2019 Associate, Computer Science