Zak Allen
Chief Technology Officer at Endeavor Flow
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZak Allen is a seasoned technology leader and founder with 11 years of experience building web and mobile platforms, currently serving as CTO of Endeavor Flow while co-founding Zephyr Labs. He has a strong track record scaling early-stage startups in real estate and fintech—helping grow FlyHomes from first hire into a company that raised a $150M Series C—while leading full-stack teams and complex integrations. Hands-on across Rails, React, mobile, and AWS, he’s led migrations from monoliths to service-separated architectures and implemented geospatial pipelines using PostGIS. A Northwestern CS graduate and former Division I goalkeeper, he brings competitive discipline to team leadership and hiring across distributed engineering orgs. His background includes academic research (CHI 2015) and practical product work, blending user-focused experimentation with production-grade systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at St. Ignatius College PrepBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Northwestern University
Github Skills (15)
slide8
github-api8
sdk8
react7
react-carousel7
javascript6
ruby5
github5
accessibility5
trend3
estate2
pure-react-carousel2
machine-learning1
component-library1
data-science1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zakallen/shell
Aug 2019 - Aug 2025
Contributions:5 pushes in 6 years 1 month
zakallen/website
Oct 2016 - Apr 2019
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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