# Zeu Capua (@zeu.dev)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/zeu.dev
Headline: Software Engineer

## About

A software engineer who has a background in teaching, speaking at international conferences, and a social media and content presence in online web development communities.

## Experience

- **Software Engineering Consultant at Paper Compute Company** (2026 – 2026)
  \- Implemented a cloud web platform that allows organization customers to manage their engineer's AI agent usage, from the prompts written and results generated, to token usage and the total cost.
- **Software Engineering Consultant at Zuplo** (2025 – 2025)
  \- Created a proof of concept feature for the Zudoku CLI that generates examples for the response and request bodies without one set in a given OpenAPI schema
  \- Technology Stacks: Typescript, yargs, OpenAPI, Clack Prompts
- **Software Engineering Consultant at Ziva Tech Solutions** (2024 – 2025)
  \- Implement web application solutions for contracted institutions for data analysis and usage
  \- Technology Stacks: React, SkySpark, Axon, Fantom
- **Teacher at Let's Code Inc.** (2019 – 2019)
  Influenced curriculum for this weekend coding school designed to teach elementary and middle school students coding fundamentals in Java.
- **Develop at bites** (2018 – 2019)
  \- Created as an Android development course final project
  \- Developed a functioning news aggregator application for Android devices in under 6 months
- **Software Engineer at Pomerium** (2025 – 2025)
  \- Implemented new features and bug fixes on the Layer 7 proxy security dashboards
  \- Worked on two product offerings for general users and enterprise customers, each with their own monorepo
  \- Coordinated with backend engineers and management to ensure continuity between UX for more technical users with the CLI and the frontend web interface
  \- Technology Stack: React Router, React, Redux, Material UI, PostHog, GoLang
- **Software Engineer at Roomy** (2025 – 2025)
  \- A decentralized group chat platform built on top of the AT Protocol social network, engineered for peer to peer local first communication, with a familiar yet unique user experience to Discord
  \- Implemented real time stores using CRDTs, extended chat features like at (@) mentions
  \- Did marketing via social media and speak at the ATmosphere Conference about the application
- **Full Stack Engineer at Buttondown** (2023 – 2024)
  ● Technology Stack: Django, Vue, Next.js, TailwindCSS and more   ● Implemented features and bug fixes to the email platform, supporting thousands of newsletters ● Managed and updated copy and designs on the platform’s marketing website
- **Full Stack Developer at Buttondown** (2023 – 2024)
  Developing features and refactoring content for both the user-facing Django and Vue application and frontend marketing website written in Next.JS and React.
- **Junior Software Developer at SmartWiz.io** (2023 – 2023)
  Developed functionality concerning Stripe and Hubspot as well as implementing designs for the company's website using Remix, React, and TailwindCSS.
- **Freelance Web Developer at Freelance** (2023 – 2023)
  Developed a portfolio site for Los Angeles based artist Sebastian Lopez, in collaboration with on design and implementation.
- **Web Developer at Progressive Victory** (2022 – 2022)
  ● Technology Stack: React, Next.js, Airtable, Storybook, Vercel and more ● Led the frontend development of the initial organization website, implementing designs in coordination with organizers and backend engineers ● Implemented Airtable as a CMS to display information about volunteer efforts and political candidates’ campaigns throughout the United States
- **Teacher at South Pasadena Educational Foundation** (2021 – 2022)
  \- Summer school classes taught based on the subjects below with an average of 20 students each who are in elementary and middle school ranging from 1st to 8th grade both in person and online through Zoom.
  \- Build and Code Your Own Computer: Using Piper Kits, created and implemented a curriculum that teaches students to build a computer themselves, wiring components like buttons and lights on breadboards to the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins, and coding them to make interactive electronic circuits.
  \- Coding: Using Scratch, students learn the basic fundamentals of coding such as variables and control flow to create multiple projects and games that they can customize
  \- Minecraft Architecture: Using Minecraft Education Edition, students learn about different architectural styles throughout history, like medieval, modern, and Greek styles, to build structures in groups that they present to show the staples of said styles that was implemented
- **Coding Coach at theCoderSchool Pasadena** (2021 – 2022)
  \- Coaching: Taught students, either in a 1 to 1 or small class setting, coding fundamentals in various languages (Python, Scratch, etc.) with curated lessons to suit their strengths and interests.
  \- Curriculum Developer: Created lesson plans based around robotics (mBot Neo, Raspberry Pi, etc.) and game development (Minecraft, Roblox, etc.) for in-person programs and camps to be hosted.
  \- After School Teacher: Supervised and taught elementary and middle school students coding fundamentals in Python in an in-person small class setting weekly at the private Wesley School in Los Angeles.
- **Private Teacher at IvyPrep** (2020 – 2022)
  \- Designed and taught curriculum based on Python to teach students ranging from middle school to high school in a 3:1 setting online through Zoom about the fundamentals to prepare them for coding competitions and project presentations.
  \- Congressional App Challenge: Supervised and coached a high school coding team of 3 on creating a Python based application called Medicall, submitted on October 2021, which was picked as a finalist for the CA-27 district.
  \- Coding Competitions: Coached and prepared a high school coding team of 3 for the American Computer Science League and USA Computing Olympiad competitions.
- **Code Sensei at Code Ninjas** (2020 – 2021)
  \- Supervised and coached 10-15 students learning coding fundamentals through a self-taught curriculum, with either Javascript or Scratch as the language based on their age, as well as complementary programs like CodeSpark and CodeCombat.
  \- Managed equipment for student and staff safety as per COVID requirements in person.
  \- Assisted in coordinating coding and gaming day camps, as well as helped running e-sports matches for students competing in the Rocket League and Fortnite teams.
- **Private Teacher at YouMeCan** (2020 – 2021)
  \- Developed curriculum for and managed two separate private one-on-one classes weekly
  \- Code.org and Scratch curriculum: tailored for a first grader with beginner level of coding knowledge
  \- Python: developed lesson plans and practice work for a fifth grader with beginner level of coding knowledge
- **Developer at rit** (2018 – 2020)
  \- A Flutter application developed to help musicians in learning and practicing rhythm for a senior engineering project
  \- Developed a functioning rhythm player and metronome prototype mobile application using Google’s Flutter framework in under 6 months
  \- Utilized an engineering notebook to organize research and designs that addresses slow music learning
  \- Delivered presentations for visiting engineers from Los Angeles County Public Works and Google
- **Software Engineer at OpenSauced** (2024 – 2024)
  \- Worked with different technology stacks and products throughout the company
  \- Coordinated and collaborated with every department, including marketing, product, and engineering
  \- Made consistent and high velocity open source contributions
  \- Reviewed external contributors' issues and pull requests  The OpenSauced App:
  \- 88 pull requests in the last 6 months, about 20% of all contributions on the application product  Repo Pages (Released April 2024)
  \- Led engineering efforts, implementing features in conjunction with Product Manager
  \- Calculated data from API and display information onto interactive charts and data visualizations
  \- Implemented copy to image feature to allow users to share any chart with one click
  \- Correlated with increased unique visitors to the app, serving as the main funnel for new and non-logged in users  OSCR: Open Source Contributor Rating (Released August 2024)
  \- Refactored existing profile card display with new features, data visualization
  \- Implemented OSCR displays throughout the app, including in profile previews, contributor tables, etc.
  \- Correlated with increased Weekly Active Users (WAU), average time spent, and shares of link to the application  Pizza CLI:
  \- Implemented major features for the CODEOWNERS centered CLI program built on Golang, Cobra CLI framework, and the BubbleTea terminal framework
  \- `pizza generate config`: an automatic or interactive terminal command that creates a global available YAML file that keeps track Git attributions
  \- `pizza offboard`: removes Git attributions by YAML configuration and CODEOWNERS files  Landing Page & Blog:
  \- Implemented and managed the Sanity CMS for viewing on the company blog
  \- Styled with TailwindCSS and Framer Motion based on Figma designs by the Product Manager
  \- Created and updated multiple landing pages for product (the app and Pizza CLI) and various use cases (Teams, Maintainers, Contributors, and Students)

## Education

- **California State University-Los Angeles** (2019 – present)
- **South Pasadena Senior High School** (2015 – 2019)

## Skills

- Tailwind CSS
- Next.js
- Open API
- React.js
- Fantom
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Computer Science Education
- Android Development
- Public Speaking
- User Involvement
- System Configuration
- Internet Software
- OpenAPI Specification (OAS)
- Web Technologies
- Youth Programs
- Software Development
- Terminal Emulation
- Software Industry
- Mobile Applications
- Open-Source Development
- Enterprise Software
- Competitive Programming
- 3rd Party Software Integration
- Responsive Web Design
- Web Applications
- Python (Programming Language)
- Anthropic Claude
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Front-End Design
- Web Application Development
- Web Design
- Vue.js
- Telecommunications
- Server Side JavaScript
- Routers
- Volunteering
- Data Visualization
- Cloud Storage
- Real-time Data Acquisition
- Technology Implementation
- PostCSS
- Internal & External Investigations
- Router Configuration
- Stack
- Airtable
- Visual Web Developer
- Discord
- Protocol Stacks
- Open-Source Software
- GitHub
- Application Configuration
- Metrics
- Change Data Capture
- Slack
- Social Computing
- Back-End Web Development
- XMLHTTP
- Website Updating
- Storybooks
- Social Engineering
- SkySpark
- Axon
- AT Protocol
- Redux.js
- HTML5
- TypeScript
- Go (Programming Language)
- Software Design
- Data Analysis
- CLI
- Node.js
- Front-End Development
- Web Development
- Programming
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- HTML
- Full-Stack Development
- Svelte
- Education
- Youth Mentoring
- Educational Technology
- Elementary Education
- Teaching
- Computer Science
- Educational Leadership
- Java
- JavaScript
- Flutter
- Curriculum Development

## Certifications

- SheCodes Basics — SheCodes (https://www.shecodes.io/certificates/e51324f2d0d214fb2f9504743aadd0ba)
- SheCodes Plus — SheCodes (https://www.shecodes.io/certificates/9932aaee3708e413195cfa64d28893f9)
- SheCodes Responsive — SheCodes (https://www.shecodes.io/certificates/5bfcc1f62c7aef35f16f03fbe80f6740)

## Publications

- whoami — from.zeu.dev (https://from.zeu.dev/3lysamsjjps23)

## Volunteering

- Frontend Web Developer at Progressive Victory
- Next Generation Coding Volunteer at South Pasadena Educational Foundation

## Honors and awards

- Most Promising - Special Award

## Languages

- English (native)
- Tagalog (native)

## Other profiles

- dns: https://zeu.dev
- tangled: https://tangled.org/did:plc:gotnvwkr56ibs33l4hwgfoet
- github: https://github.com/zeucapua