ZachKrasner
Engineering leader. Builder of platforms. Reader of sci-fi.
Software engineer and technical leader with 10 years of experience architecting data platforms, backend systems, and AI-powered products. Built and scaled engineering teams, led an M&A process, and shipped products from 0 to 1 that drive measurable business outcomes. Hands-on across the stack, with recent focus on agentic systems and LLM tool use. Driven by curiosity, a deep sense of ownership, and a desire to work alongside sharp people on hard problems.
Experience
Grassroots Analytics
Washington, DCData analytics platform for political campaigns and nonprofits
Jan 2021 — PresentGrassroots Analytics
Data analytics platform for political campaigns and nonprofits
- Grew engineering team from 0 to 14 and drove company revenue from $5M to $30M+ ARR by removing the technical bottlenecks constraining sales and delivery capacity.
- Architected and led development of a full-stack donor data platform spanning multiple systems and 40M+ donor profiles:Click CollectiveIngests and processes billions of email exhaust events across hundreds of clients to predict future donor interactions.ApicalSaaS platform unifying fragmented campaign and nonprofit data toolsets and overlaying proprietary analytics.
- Led technical due diligence and integration feasibility assessment for the acquisition of Quiller, an AI-powered fundraising platform; participated in strategic business decisions throughout the deal process.QuillerAI SaaS platform enabling mission-driven organizations to responsibly create high-impact content. Acquired in late 2025.
- Established a culture of engineering excellence by implementing robust testing and CI/CD pipelines, rolling out AI-assisted development tooling (Copilot → Claude Code) across engineers and analysts, and achieving SOC 2 Type 1 certification.
Bridgewater Associates
New York, NYWorld's largest hedge fund · $150B+ AUM during my tenure
Sep 2016 — Aug 2022Bridgewater Associates
World's largest hedge fund · $150B+ AUM during my tenure
- Partnered with quantitative analysts to implement 10-year tactical and long-term assumption sets into the portfolio construction platform, translating complex Excel-based financial models into production Scala code.
- Led extraction of a monolithic permission system into a unified Kafka/Flink microservice, consolidating access control across multiple related client-facing platforms.
- Built and maintained a real-time portfolio construction platform used by client managers globally, instrumental in securing billions in AUM from institutional investors including endowments, pensions, and sovereign wealth funds.
Epic Systems
Madison, WILargest electronic health records platform nationwide
May 2015 — Aug 2015Epic Systems
Largest electronic health records platform nationwide
- Built a thin-client visualization tool for tracking annual flu rates and variants across a user's hospital and surrounding facilities, implementing custom SVG charts from scratch.
Education
- Theta Tau Engineering Fraternity · Treasurer
- Kappa Sigma Fraternity · Philanthropy Chair
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Engineers Without Borders
Skills
Beyond the Code
Fatherhood
Navigating the chaos and joy of first-time parenthood with my son Graham, born in 2025.
Hiking
Grew up in the mountains of Vermont and always looking for new mountains to climb.