Hi, I'm
Blake Zimmerman
I build things to make the web a better experience.
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About Me
![A handsome headshot of me](/images/BlakeZimmerman.jpg)
I’m Blake – an NYC-based software engineer dedicated to his craft that seeks to build better web experiences.
While I often do full-stack web development, I primarily focus on the front-end. I’m most interested in design systems and functional programming. I always enjoy reading about emerging developments in these fields and researching how I can leverage them to create better software experiences.
When I’m not at my desk coding, you can find me at the espresso machine practicing my latte art.
![A pretty latte I made](/images/latte.png)
Experience
![Aptos Labs logo](/images/aptos.png)
Front End Engineer
Ecosystem
Aug 2023 - Present
- Currently building exciting web3 experiences.
![Wonder logo](/images/wonder.png)
Senior Software Engineer II
Culinary Technology
Jun 2022 - Aug 2023
- Technical Lead for an application that managed kitchen tasks and operations to scale Wonder's culinary manufacturing process and capture feedback to validate their R&D recipes.
Senior Software Engineer I
Culinary Technology
Oct 2020 - Jun 2022
- Led front-end development for a tier 1 web application and implemented large features that improved the efficiency and accuracy of our food preparation process.
- Architected and developed a constraint-based design system containing shared React components and platform-agnostic design tokens.
- Created a front-end template repo and published internal NPM packages that encouraged uniform best practices and design patterns across 8 of our application teams.
![HealCo logo](/images/healco.png)
Senior Software Engineer
Consumer Web
Oct 2020 - Jun 2022 ・ Freelance
- Integrated Stripe into the web application to enable payments by ACH debits and credit cards.
- Migrated the entire codebase from JavaScript to TypeScript to reduce bugs and improve maintainability.
- Consulted on technical design choices and implemented various key features.
![Walmart logo](/images/walmart.png)
Software Engineer III
Intelligent Retail Lab
Mar 2018 - Oct 2020
- Implemented, tested, and maintained microservices and web applications to drive innovation at Walmart's in-store AI lab.
- Architected a comprehensive constraint-based design system to vastly improve the velocity of all front-end engineers at IRL.
- Developed a service to convert real-time RTSP video to HLS and serve it to the web client with only a 3 second delay.
- Designed an internal React library for sharing state between browser windows to enable multi-window web application capabilities.
![Jet logo](/images/jet.png)
Software Engineering Intern
Order Management
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
- Built a visualization tool for Jet's internal telemetry logging system using Typescript, React, and D3.
- Developed an Angular 4 front-end from the ground up for a new internal tool that shows divergence between Event Store clusters.
- Implemented real-time notifications in the catalog management web application using SignalR, RxJS Observables, and F# microservices.
- Rewrote the authentication system for the catalog management web application using Node.js and Passport.js.
- Built a micro-scale version of the Jet.com website to demonstrate system architecture for new hires (front-end in Angular 2, back-end in Web API 2.2 using F#).
- Developed and deployed production level features to customer service, order management, and catalog management web applications.
![BAE Systems logo](/images/bae.png)
Technical Intern II
Electronic Systems
Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
- Developed a web-based interface for a codebase health and metrics tool.
- Implemented and tested embedded software for Software Defined Radios.
- Used scrum and continuous integration to improve projects.
- Set up, deployed, and maintained a server cabinet.
Education
![Stevens Institute of Technology logo](/images/stevens.png)
Bachelors of Engineering
Software Engineering
Aug 2014 - May 2019 ・ Co-op Program
- President and Co-Founder of Software Engineering Club
- Technology Director for Duckhacks Hackathon
- Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity