Alex C. Berk

Software Engineer

Charleston, South Carolina, United States17 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led development of SkyLine for autonomous drones.
Architected Michelin ONCall 2.0 emergency dispatch system.
Expert in AI orchestration and cloud technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with expertise in cloud solutions and user interface design.

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Skills

Core Skills

TypescriptNode.jsReact.jsAwsUser Interface DesignProblem Solving

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Artificial Intelligence (AI)KubernetesSQLTerraformUser Experience (UX)UI AutomationUnit TestingAI OrchestrationMastraPython (Programming Language)Software ObservabilitySystem ArchitectureCommunicationJavaScript

About

Building at Shipium, solving the Prime problem with Shipping AI for enterprises. Previously at uAvionix, built SkyLine, the first cloud beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) network for autonomous drone command and control, leading to a 2022 acquisition.

Experience

17 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 11 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Shipium

2 roles

Lead Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2022 – Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

TypeScriptNode.jsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Artificial Intelligence (AI)User Interface DesignReact.js+11

Uavionix corporation

Lead Software Engineer

Sep 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos · Remote

React.jsKubernetesAmazon Web Services (AWS)User Interface DesignCommunicationJavaScript+12

Zulily

Software Engineer II

Aug 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote

React.jsKubernetesAmazon Web Services (AWS)User Interface DesignCommunicationJavaScript+11

Michelin

Software Engineer

Jan 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greenville, South Carolina Area

Launched and supported Michelin ONCall 2.0, a 24/7 emergency roadside dispatch system and contact center web app hosted in AWS. Integrated ONCall with multiple APIs and authentication providers. Used React and a polling strategy to display dispatch events from Elasticsearch to Michelin customers. Setup and tested complex call flows in Amazon Connect, including secure credit card processing.
Designed our authentication system using the Auth0 platform to manage users and roles, initiate SAML handoffs with many providers, and add token-based access to our APIs. Integrated authentication strategies into Michelin ONCall and other React web apps
Authored a flexible core library to build RESTful APIs using FeathersJS with Jest test coverage
Architected PostgreSQL database for storing customer profiles and preferences. Used our core library to add custom API access through ECS and Fargate in AWS
Built Node.js application to transform and migrate data from one API to another in scheduled batches
Added responsive CRUD React app for customer management connected to FeathersJS API
Modularized and automated a Swagger documentation generation process for APIs
Integrated a Vue.js web app with smartcar.com API to remotely access door locks, location services, odometer and diagnostic readings, and other automobile functions
Prototyped Android (Java) and iOS (React Native) apps to demonstrate geolocation and mapping

React.jsAmazon Web Services (AWS)User Interface DesignCommunicationJavaScriptNode.js+10

Website pipeline

Software Engineer, Technical Project Manager

Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs · Greenville, South Carolina Area

Implemented box packing shipment algorithm in C# to optimize packing fit and cost for custom mirror frames and display shipping costs to ecommerce users
Developed custom responsive ecommerce web pages using Knockout, HTML, CSS
Maintained custom ordering and shipping engines in C#, VB.Net, SQL
Managed 17 accounts from time of sale to website launch as technical project manager
Trained 10 new employees on company and industry technologies in five-week program

User Interface DesignCommunicationJavaScriptProblem SolvingSQLUser Experience (UX)+2

Clemson university

2 roles

Systems Programmer

Promoted

Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 · 11 mos

Wrote C code for UNIX sticky bit security on Orange Parallel File System folders
Created web app to track equipment availability at Fike Recreation Center using Python, HTML, CSS

User Interface DesignJavaScriptProblem SolvingSQLUser Experience (UX)Android+1