Zach Broad

Software Engineer

Building cloud-based Laboratory Information Systems at MPLN with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and Kubernetes. CKAD and Terraform Associate certified. Previously scaled FrenchieWiki.com to 1.3M annual users and $100K+ ARR.

Zach Broad

💼 Work Experience

Software Engineer @ Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, Inc.

May 2024 - Present | Seattle, WA

Building cloud-based Laboratory Information Systems with TypeScript, C#, and Azure. Owning end-to-end development of a greenfield LIS module, driving CI/CD, IaC, and architecture decisions across a 12-package monorepo.

TypeScript C# SQL Server GraphQL Azure Terraform Docker GitHub Actions

Software Engineer @ Yellow Page Directory Services, Inc.

Nov 2023 - May 2024 | Melbourne, FL

Built synthetic monitoring, automated deployment pipelines, and developed a React Native mobile app. Maintained and extended a legacy ColdFusion monolith serving 10K+ business directory listings.

Python JavaScript React Native SQL Server ColdFusion

Founder & Lead Engineer @ Broad Publications LLC

March 2019 - 2024 | Remote

Scaled frenchiewiki.com to 1.3M annual users and $100K+ ARR through SEO-driven content strategy. Built Python/pandas traffic analysis pipelines driving 300% YoY organic growth and qualified for Mediavine (top 1% of U.S. publishers).

JavaScript Gatsby.js WordPress Python pandas

🛠 Skills

Cloud & DevOps

Kubernetes Azure AWS Docker Terraform Helm Linux GitHub Actions NGINX CI/CD

Languages

Python TypeScript C C++ C# SQL Java JavaScript Node.js Bash

Frameworks & Data

React Next.js Django FastAPI Vue.js PostgreSQL SQL Server Elasticsearch Redis GraphQL

Practices & Tools

Agile/Scrum TDD IaC Microservices API Design System Design SSO/OAuth/OIDC Kustomize Monorepo git

🚀 Featured Projects

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FrenchieWiki

Built and monetized a niche content site from zero

$100K+

Annual Revenue

1.3M+

Annual Users

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FrenchieWiki

Dog enthusiast blog with 1.3M annual users and $100K+ ARR

WordPress SEO Business
🌐 Live Site

Categories.LIVE

Real-time multiplayer word game with AI validation

Vue 3 Node.js WebSocket AI
🌐 Live Demo 💻 GitHub

CHIP-8 Emulator

Low-level systems emulator built in C with SDL2

C SDL2 Systems
💻 View on GitHub

Java IRC Server

RFC-compliant chat server with multi-threading

Java Sockets Network
💻 View on GitHub
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🎓 Education & Certifications

B.S. Computer Science

Western Governors University

Professional Certifications

📈 Current Focus

🤝 Let’s Connect

Interested in working together or just want to say hi?

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