Zachary J. Pelkey

Strengths

I frequently write Rust, Golang, Typescript, Python, Solidity
Worked with databases of all kinds, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
Scaled complex, production systems to tens of thousands of concurrent users.
Deep understanding of blockchain technologies within Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana ecosystems.
Built cross-platform applications, webapps, native Java/Kotlin Android and iOS Swift apps.
Founder, go-getter, big-dreamer and hard worker.

HyperPlay Labs, IncSep. 2023 - Present

VP of Engineering

Conducted technical employee interviews and management of engineering team.
Led the engineering team from MVP to production services used by more than 50,000 users.

Valist, IncDec. 2020 - Sep 2023

Chief Technology Officer

Guided executive business decisions based on technical requirements in the emerging Web3 market.
Planned and developed the core infrastructure and code-bases for distributed systems and APIs.

Trilogy EducationOct. 2019 - Feb. 2021

Curriculum Engineer

Designed, built and tested curriculum for the blockchain units of the FinTech coding boot-camp.
Worked and collaborated remotely to produce curriculum material within given time constraints.

Harrisburg University High Performance Computing LaboratoryApril 2019 - Nov. 2020

Software Dev. Research Associate

Presented research at University-wide symposiums of professors and administrators
Aggregate, sort, clean and process data in data pipelines using Pandas, Jupyter, and SciPy.
Deploy, operate and develop across cloud infrastructures Proxmox, OpenStack, Kubernetes

Thought Network (MistIQ Technologies)Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

Full Stack Blockchain Engineer

Developed and maintained Thought cryptocurrency wallet, block explorer and smart contracts.
Maintained core blockchain infrastructure, nodes, RPC and pricing APIs.

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences

USGIF Education of the Year Award - 2014, HackFS Finalist - 2020, EthNYC Winning Finalist - 2025