Zach Zhao

Zach Zhao is a software engineer with extensive experience in developing and optimizing various technical projects. Currently employed at Robinhood since November 2024, Zach specializes in money engineering. Previously, Zach served as a software engineer at Duolingo, contributing to the Duolingo English Test, and held internships at Amazon and Startup Shell. Zach also has entrepreneurial experience as the founder of Shellter, developing a ReactJS web application and utilizing Firebase Firestore. Academic contributions include research internships at the University of Maryland focused on optimizing kidney exchanges through deep learning and contract tracing with mixed-integer programming. Zach holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a Business minor from the University of Maryland and graduated from the Montgomery Blair High School Magnet Program.