Alex N.

Software Engineer

Los Angeles, California, United States17 yrs 4 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 12+ years in platform engineering leadership.
  • Expert in API platforms and developer experience.
  • Passionate about reducing cognitive load for engineers.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and SaaS platform engineering leader with a focus on API development and team management.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipApi DevelopmentFront-end DevelopmentSoftware DesignTeam Leadership

Other Skills

Database DesignEnterprise ArchitectureService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Unit TestingREST APIsTypeScriptPostgreSQLMicroservicesJavaScriptArchitectureApigee API ManagementJavaHTMLNext.jsEmber.js

About

Platform engineering leader with 12+ years of experience scaling high-performance teams and systems. As an Ember CLI Core Team Member and former Lead Engineer at Addepar and LinkedIn, I've built developer platforms that strike a balance between abstraction and flexibility, enabling product teams to move faster without compromising reliability. I specialise in transforming complex technical challenges into elegant solutions that developers actually want to use. My approach combines deep technical expertise with a product mindset—treating internal platforms as products, not just infrastructure. Throughout my career across fintech, social media, and enterprise SaaS, I've consistently delivered platforms that reduce cognitive load for engineers while maintaining the right level of customisation. I'm passionate about creating systems that make the right thing the easy thing to do. Areas of expertise: API platforms, developer experience, cloud infrastructure, performance optimisation, and building engineering cultures that balance innovation with operational excellence.

Experience

17 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 11 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Optro

Senior Staff Software Engineer

May 2023Present · 3 yrs · United States · Remote

LeadershipDatabase DesignTeam LeadershipEnterprise ArchitectureService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Unit Testing+6

Addepar

4 roles

Lead Software Engineer

Dec 2022Apr 2023 · 4 mos

  • API Platform
LeadershipDatabase DesignTeam LeadershipEnterprise ArchitectureService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)JavaScript+10

Lead Software Engineer

Jan 2020Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Web Platform
LeadershipHTMLDatabase DesignTeam LeadershipEnterprise ArchitectureService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)+12

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2018Jan 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Web Platform
LeadershipDatabase DesignTeam LeadershipEnterprise ArchitectureService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Unit Testing+6

Software Engineer

Nov 2017Apr 2018 · 5 mos

  • Web Platform
Team LeadershipEnterprise ArchitectureService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Unit TestingFront-End DevelopmentAPI Development+3

Clueby

Advisor

Sep 2021Jan 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Ember.js

Ember CLI Core Team Member

Mar 2018Present · 8 yrs 2 mos · Internet

Unit TestingFront-End DevelopmentSoftware Design

Linkedin

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2016Nov 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · Sunnyvale, California

  • LinkedIn Salary
Unit TestingFront-End Development

Ticketfly

Tech Lead

Jan 2015Jun 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Leading a team of engineers as well as writing Ember.js and Scala
LeadershipUnit TestingFront-End Development

Dockyard

Frontend Engineer

Sep 2013Dec 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Boston Area

  • Ember.js, Rails, JavaScript
LeadershipUnit TestingFront-End Development

Ba-insight

Front End Dev

Apr 2011Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Greater Boston Area

  • Environment: JavaScript, BackboneJs, Html5, jQuery, CSS, C#, Sharepoint 2010/2013, .Net 4.0, OData
  • Project Name: Search Parts
  • Project Description: Client and server side application to provide a great search experience on the top of Sharepoint platform.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Led client side development of all products.
  • Developed client side framework on top of Backbone.js.
Unit TestingFront-End Development

Spire

Software Engineer

Aug 2010Apr 2011 · 8 mos

  • Environment: C#, XML, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server 2005/2008, Tortoise SVN, NUnit, LINQ, Javascript, Html, CSS, MS Business Intelligence Development Studio, .Net 2.0, .Net 3.0, .Net 3.5
  • Project Name: Printing on demand web sites
  • Project Description: Development and support of printing on demand company web sites.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Designed and developed application structure per MVC pattern (MS VS 2008, Html, CSS, Javascript, .Net 2.0, .Net 3.0, .Net 3.5).
  • Created SQL stored procedures and SSIS packages for manipulating and processing (MS SQL 2005/2008, MS Business Intelligence Development Studio).
  • Planned and executed NUnit unit test plans to ensure all code changes meet requirements (C#, NUnit).
  • Architected, designed and developed database structure for print on demand web sites (MS SQL 2008).
  • Installation, configuration and upgrading of Pageflex Storefront software and related products.
  • Project Name: Inventory Manager
  • Project Description: Inventory Manager is an IT solution which provides you a way to manipulate process, merge and view data from two completely different software systems (Hagen OA and Spire Storage System). In order to use the features of both software products, this manager was created.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Architected, designed and developed application structure per Domain Driven Design and Test Driven Design patterns. (Windows Services, Web Services, C#, .Net 3.5).
  • Architected, designed and developed inventory manager database structure (MS SQL 2008).
  • Performed extensive analysis of system and business requirements.
  • Created SQL stored procedures and SSIS packages for manipulating and processing (MS SQL 2005/2008, MS Business Intelligence Development Studio).
  • Planned and executed NUnit unit test plans to ensure all code changes meet requirements (C#, NUnit).
  • Designed and implemented export of internal reports to different formats: MS Office (Word and Excel), HTML and PDF (WinForms, C#, LINQ, .Net 3.5).

Renaissance it

Net Developer

Feb 2010May 2010 · 3 mos

  • Environment: C#, XML, Windows Forms, MS SQL; Project Name: KrasnodarTVManager
  • Project Description: KrasnodarTVManager is an information system to automate the broadcasting preparation: to make broadcasting schedule and titles recording for television announcer.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Developed and implemented a component which helped to rapidly deploy rich interactive content subscription service through its ready-to-customize, television-Internet digital media management architecture (WinForms, C#, XML, NHibernate, .Net 3.5).
  • Architected, designed and developed application structure per Domain Driven Design and Test Driven Design patterns.
  • Implemented object-relational mapping using NHibernate for easy data manipulation.
  • Developed client and server modules, with remote patient data collection and real time remote status monitoring and management (WinForms, C#, XML, NHibernate, MS SQL 2008, .Net 3.5).
  • Planned and executed NUnit unit test plans to ensure all code changes meet requirements (C#, NUnit).
  • Took part in developing a user access control system to increase project's security level (C#, WinForms, .Net 3.5).

Learnstartupmachine

developer

Jan 2010Jan 2010 · 0 mo

  • Worked on Reputation API. The idea was to create an API and reputation algorithm to fight trolls in your online community or blogs or whatever web source you own.

Boston soft design

Oracle DBA

Nov 2008Sep 2009 · 10 mos

  • Enviroment: Unix, Linux, Bash scripting, Perl, Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, Oracle Applications 11.5.9, Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2
  • Project Description: 24x7 technical support of wide range of American companies
  • Responsibilities:
  • Installation, configuration and upgrading of Oracle server software and related products.
  • Evaluate Oracle features and Oracle related products.
  • Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.
  • Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges)
  • Perform database tuning and performance monitoring
  • Perform application tuning and performance monitoring
  • Plan growth and changes (capacity planning)
  • Work as part of a team and provide 7x24 support when required
  • Perform general technical trouble shooting and give consultation to development teams
  • Interface with Oracle Corporation for technical support.
  • Patch Management and Version Control

Insegment

Net Developer

May 2008Aug 2008 · 3 mos

  • Environment: C#, XML, WPF, MS SQL Server 2005, NUnit, MS Access, MS Expression Blend, LINQ
  • Project Name: Quenchee Lakes Resort Presentation.
  • Project Description: The main features of the project included an interactive map of the Quenchee Lakes area to provide advertising and marketing information about houses for sale in the Quenchee Lakes area (pictures, price, square and nearby scenery), database backend module so that sales agents were able to switch between the interactive map and the backend database via a front-end utility and also change houses information using database backend module UI.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Performed extensive analysis of system and business requirements.
  • Developed and implemented an interactive map which was a key feature in the project (C#, WPF, MS Expression Blend, MS Access, MS SQL Server 2005, .Net 3.0).
  • Designed UI using MS Expression Blend.
  • Developed and implemented a database backend front-end utility (C#, WPF, MS Access, MS SQL Server 2005, .Net 3.0; which aim was to help sales men to change information in the interactive map's database.
  • Planned and executed NUnit unit test plans to ensure all code changes meet requirements.

Don state technical university

Junior .Net Developer

Sep 2007May 2008 · 8 mos

  • Environment: C#, XML, Windows Forms, MS SQL Server 2005, MS Access, LINQ, DevExpress; Project Description: Automated payroll system - a hosted, feature - rich solution for Don State Technical University, which allowed calculation of employees' salary, depending on different options (academic status, work experience, work category and bonuses) with a salary report system to store reports in different formats (HTML, PDF, MS Word and Excel).
  • Responsibilities:
  • Implemented an expandable reporting system using DLL technology (C#, WinForms, LINQ, .Net 3.0).
  • Developed custom printing modules for many different paper standards and letterheads (WinForms, C#, DevExpress, LINQ, .Net 3.0).
  • Extensive end user interaction for gathering requirements, design and UI approvals and User acceptance testing.
  • Developed and implemented Client/Server architecture (WinForms, C#, DevExpress, LINQ, MS SQL Server 2005, .Net 3.0).
  • Designed and implemented export of internal reports to different formats: MS Office (Word and Excel), HTML and PDF (WinForms, C#, LINQ, .Net 3.0).
  • Partnered in user interface design; contributed to content, layout, navigation, interaction flow and terminology (DevExpress).
  • Developed and implemented data import module which imported data from MS Access database to MS SQL Server 2005 database (MS Access, MS SQL Server 2005, C#, .Net 3.0).

Education

Don State Technical University

BS — Computer Science

Jan 2006Jan 2011

Don State Technical University

Bachelor degree — to be; Computer Science

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Rostov State University

BS Computer Science — Computer Science

Jan 2003Jan 2005

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