Zach Riane Machacon Software Engineer
Email
zachriane01​@gmail.com
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachriane/
Phone
+639173198899
GitHub
https://github.com/blurridge
Professional Experience
01/2026 – PresentCebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Mid-level Full Stack Developer

Symph
  • •Led full-stack development of ML ASYS, M Lhuillier’s jewelry inventory platform for managing stock intake, appraisal, pricing, distribution, and branch releases.
  • •Built event-driven data sync pipelines using BullMQ, Redis /​ GCP Memorystore, and Cloud Run to support thousands of daily inventory transactions.
  • •Managed GCP infrastructure across 3 environments, including Cloud Run, IAM, Load Balancers, Cloud Armor, and Cloud Build CI/​CD pipelines.
  • •Delivered a production LLM-powered chatbot for Platename’s industrial workers in 14 days under Symph’s Speedrun initiative.
  • •Built multi-agent AI systems for OpenClaw, including agent-to-agent conversations, AI platform simulations, and tool integrations across multiple LLM providers.
    • 12/2024 – 12/2025Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

    Junior Full Stack Developer

    Symph
  • •Built reusable React component systems for MLhuillier KPX, supporting BCA workflows across M Lhuillier’s branch network.
  • •Implemented approval workflows, real-time status tracking, and advanced filtering to support review, approval, and audit processes.
  • •Developed Express.js and NestJS REST APIs for financial transaction processing, SMS/​email notifications, and third-party messaging integrations.
  • •Designed and optimized MySQL stored procedures for reports covering cash requests, balances, and courier operations.
    • 09/2024 – 11/2024Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Software Engineer

    Norg.ai
  • •Built asynchronous task pipelines using FastAPI, TaskIQ, and Redis for web crawling, document ingestion, real-time notifications, and RAG training workflows.
  • •Shipped full-stack assistant creation features with reusable templates, enabling clients to deploy custom LLM classification workflows without engineering support.
  • •Designed a Storybook-driven React component library to improve design consistency and accelerate reuse across the Norg.ai⁠ platform.
  • •Optimized prompts across OpenAI GPT, Meta Llama, and Anthropic Claude using A/​B testing to improve classification accuracy and relevance.
  • •Built retraining modules that surfaced unanswered questions, flagged hallucinations, and analyzed transcripts to improve assistant performance from real user interactions.
  • •Developed Pytest backend test suites for LLM response quality, reducing hallucinations in core classification flows.
    • 06/2024 – 09/2024Lexington, Kentucky, USA

    Lead Developer

    Gard Technologies Inc.
  • •Built responsive React Native mobile interfaces with Express.js APIs, supporting 3,000+ security officers across patrol, incident reporting, and shift workflows.
  • •Developed Next.js admin dashboards for 8 security agencies and 38 client locations to manage officers, schedules, and client sites.
  • •Built an in-house invoice generation system that automated receivables processing, reduced billing errors by 10%, and cut manual finance work.
  • •Integrated OpenAI API-powered RAG for location assistants and automated report summaries using site-specific documentation and incident reports.
  • •Deployed and managed AWS infrastructure using EC2, S3, RDS, and Docker across production and development environments.
    • Education
    2021 – 2025

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

    University of San Carlos

    Magna Cum Laude

    GPA: 1.38/​5.00 (Philippine scale, 1.00 is highest; equivalent to ~3.9/​4.0 US scale)

    Certifications
    2025 – 2027

    Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer

    Google

    Credential ID: e7a93402230b44fdb304bf8f106958d6

    2025 – 2027

    Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect

    Google

    Credential ID: ed4d9bc7d967494eae8c90922ab5fdc6

    2025 – 2027

    Google Cloud Certified Professional Machine Learning Engineer

    Google

    Credential ID: eccf2be49baf455183af4ea01abc21a8

    Technical Skills

    Web Development

  • •Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, Astro.js, TailwindCSS
  • •Backend: Node.js, Express.js, Nest.js, FastAPI, Django, Hono.js

    • Data Analysis and Machine Learning

  • •Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, SQL, Pandas, Selenium, BeautifulSoup, Sci-kit, Seaborn, Google Vertex AI

    • Mobile Development

  • •React Native, Kotlin, Expo

    • Database and Storage

  • •PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, Firebase, Redis, AWS S3, AWS RDS, Google BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage

    • Other Technologies

  • •Languages: Java, C, C++, 8086 Assembly
  • •Cloud Platforms/Services: Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP
  • •UI/UX: Figma, Storybook