TREK Assistant
Trip-scoped AI conversations that prepare travel changes for human review.
JavaScript · TREK SDK · OpenRouter · Google Places · SQLite
Zackary Santana / Software Engineer III at MongoDB
I build tools that help people build better software.
I work across developer tooling, CI/CD systems, infrastructure, and product engineering. My favorite projects turn complicated workflows into software that feels direct and understandable.
Work
Projects across developer tools, products, libraries, extensions, community work, and games.
18 project results
TREK Rankings
Personal place rankings built from fast, pairwise travel comparisons.
JavaScript · TREK SDK · SQLite · Playwright
gitreview
A focused review queue layered onto GitHub pull request pages.
TypeScript · Chrome · WXT · GitHub API · Shadow DOM
Nocuft
A TypeScript toolchain for building and deploying DiamondFire code.
TypeScript · Node.js · Java · Fabric · Minecraft
opencode-later
A persistent Later list with native OpenCode sidebar integration.
TypeScript · Bun · OpenCode · OpenTUI · SQLite
opencode-context
A native OpenCode modal for inspecting retained context and token usage.
TypeScript · Bun · OpenCode · TUI
opencode-sessions-all
Cross-project session search and navigation inside OpenCode's native TUI.
TypeScript · Bun · OpenCode · OpenTUI · SQLite
opencode-cost
Persistent cost and token tracking through a native OpenCode dashboard.
TypeScript · Bun · OpenCode · OpenTUI · SQLite
GitNotes
A Chrome extension that brings git notes back to GitHub.
TypeScript · Chrome · GitHub API · Sandboxed HTML
OpenFeature MongoDB Provider
An OpenFeature provider that stores and evaluates feature flags in MongoDB.
Go · MongoDB · OpenFeature · MCP · Docker
Moondust
A cross-platform local application delivered as a single binary.
TypeScript · Go · Sash · Local-first · Cross-platform
bind
A flexible way to bind many external data sources into Go structs.
Go · Reflection · Configuration · Benchmarks
please-merge
A simplified, visual explanation of how GitHub's merge queue works.
HTML · CSS · JavaScript · GitHub
Zedith
A modular collection of Hytale gameplay mods and shared libraries.
Java · Gradle · Hytale · ECS · JUnit
gb
A web interface for reading and comparing Go benchmark results.
TypeScript · Go · Benchmarks · GitHub Pages
Weekdays
A weekly Kanban board that organizes tasks around the days they matter.
SolidStart · Solid · TypeScript · SQLite · Docker
Archive project
RPG
A Godot role-playing game with combat, enemy behaviors, and explorable worlds.
Godot · GDScript · Game design · Animation
Experience
Software for engineering organizations, product teams, and new developers.
MongoDB
Software Engineer II to Software Engineer III
August 2023 to present
New York, New York
Building developer productivity and CI/CD systems for engineers working at scale.
- Develops tooling that makes complex engineering workflows faster and easier to understand.
- Works across Go, TypeScript, distributed systems, and internal developer platforms.
Addigy
Junior Software Engineer
January 2023 to July 2023
Miami, Florida
Worked across a fleet of connected services supporting device-management workflows.
- Developed Go services backed by MongoDB and SQLite in a Kubernetes environment.
- Built webhook services that synchronized hundreds of accounts and thousands of users.
4Geeks Academy
Full-stack Bootcamp Instructor
September 2022 to January 2023
Miami, Florida
Taught a cohort of developers how to build and reason about complete web applications.
- Covered JavaScript, React, Node.js, Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, testing, and REST APIs.
MongoDB
Software Engineer Intern
June 2022 to August 2022
New York, New York
Contributed to distributed CI/CD tooling used by engineering teams across MongoDB.
- Improved test restart behavior so large suites could rerun only the failed work.
- Shipped changes across Go services, REST endpoints, MongoDB pipelines, and TypeScript interfaces.
MetLife
Software Engineer Intern
June 2021 to August 2021
Cary, North Carolina
Improved the performance and usability of a smoke-testing platform used across the organization.
- Introduced concurrent requests and client caching to reduce cold-start waiting time.
- Rebalanced work between the Angular client and backend services to reduce server load.