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Zachariah Ladarius Howard

@zachariahladariushow

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I am a Lead Software Engineer driving cloud-native .NET and AI analytics to modernize systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m seeking a senior engineering role to lead cloud-native .NET and AI analytics initiatives, modernize systems, implement CI/CD, and deliver measurable operational improvements in a collaborative, security-focused environment.

I am a Lead Software Engineer with a track record of designing transformative software solutions and guiding cross-functional teams to measurable business impact.

I led a 12-member team to build a real-time semiconductor production scheduler using Blazor WebAssembly, Syncfusion, and SignalR that reduced factory downtime by 25% and designed an event-driven microservices architecture on Azure Service Bus processing 50K+ events/day with sub-100ms latency.

I architect and optimize data platforms, having consolidated structured and unstructured data into Microsoft Fabric lakehouses, built unified pipelines and semantic models, and delivered analytics and ML-driven dashboards that reduced supply chain issues by 35% through anomaly detection.

I champion engineering best practices—CI/CD on Azure DevOps and Docker, TDD, performance tuning, and SOC2-compliant controls—to boost release frequency, cut response times, and modernize legacy systems while leading teams to reliable, production-grade delivery.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lead Software Engineer

Worldwide Professional Solutions

Mar 2022 - Jun 2025 (3 years 3 months)

Led a 12-member team to build a real-time semiconductor production scheduler that reduced factory downtime by 25% and implemented an event-driven microservices architecture processing 50K+ events/day with <100ms latency. Delivered CI/CD pipelines that increased release frequency by 40% and built analytics/ML dashboards that cut supply chain issues by 35%.

.NET 8+Blazor Azure Service Bus Azure DevOps SQL Server Redis Docker SignalR Microsoft Fabric Power BI

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Tencent Americas

Aug 2016 - Jan 2022 (5 years 5 months)

Automated CI/CD for 20+ microservices across Azure and AWS, reducing deployment times by 70% and improving release reliability. Developed server-side insurance applications and microservices using C#, C++, Node.js, and optimized databases and APIs to increase data exchange efficiency by 30%.