Zachary Legros
I'm a full-stack developer at Trend Micro, crafting AI-powered security products and interfaces people love to use.
Experience
Building enterprise security systems and crafting exceptional user experiences
Full-stack development for enterprise cloud security products, specializing in AI-powered threat detection and email protection systems.
Key Highlights
- Accelerated full-stack development with Claude Code and custom MCP servers (Atlassian, Figma): charting migration, encryption implementation, 100+ case triages, and daily debugging workflows.
- Reduced base Tonic UI open-source bundle by 92% (752KB โ 61KB) via Vite build optimization, tree-shaking, and modularization.
- Architected frontend (React, TypeScript, Zustand, React Query) and backend APIs (NestJS, Node.js) for Correlated Intelligence: AI-powered threat detection with custom signal conditions and anomaly detection.
- Championed professional development and technical onboarding for a University of Waterloo intern; mentored on full-stack architecture, NestJS API design, and systematic troubleshooting within complex production environments.
- Led AI-powered migration from HighCharts to ECharts for Cloud Email and Collaboration Protection, leveraging automated refactors to accelerate delivery.
- Triaged 100+ technical support cases using Splunk log analysis, ElasticSearch/Kibana debugging, and MySQL/T-SQL queries.
- Developed Closed-loop Feedback frontend and REST APIs: auto-remediation workflows, quarantine mitigation, and secure email rendering using DOMPurify.
- Optimized risk metrics service (Node.js) with Azure Service Bus queue system, request timeouts, connection pooling, and Grafana monitoring for improved reliability.
- Developed Email Banner frontend (React) and backend APIs (NestJS, T-SQL stored procedures) with multi-language template support and i18n integration.
- Orchestrated a mission-critical encryption migration for secrets; utilized AI-driven architectural planning to deliver a seamless, opt-in transition with zero service disruption.
- Deployed features via Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines across 25+ repositories.
Projects
From cryptocurrency analytics to e-commerce platforms
Full-stack financial analytics platform providing real-time cryptocurrency market analysis, risk assessment tools, and dollar-cost averaging calculators for informed investment decisions.
- Bitcoin Risk Index calculations
- Rolling ROI analysis
- DCA strategy simulator
- Multi-asset comparison tools
Full-stack e-commerce site for a Quebec-based woodworking microenterprise, featuring custom pen builder, multi-language support, and secure payment processing.
- Custom pen builder
- Stripe payment integration
- Bilingual (FR/EN) support
- Order tracking system
Other Projects
Technical Skills
Technologies and tools I work with
Frontend
Backend
Databases
Cloud & DevOps
Tools & Other
Education & Beyond
The degree and the distractions
BASc. in Software Engineering
University of Ottawa
Beyond Code
Let's Work Together
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just having a conversation about technology.

