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Joel Alexander

Founder

New York, New York, United States8 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led major M&A transactions exceeding $100 billion.
  • Innovated mapping solutions impacting revenue across 30 states.
  • Founded a startup focused on LLM applications.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Finance professional with strong expertise in software development and investment banking.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentMachine LearningInvestment BankingFinancial Analysis

Other Skills

Python (Programming Language)Go (Programming Language)TypeScriptFinancial ModelingMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Business AnalysisAccountingPublic SpeakingResearchForeign PolicyInternational RelationsManagement ConsultingEconomicsData AnalysisAnalysis

Experience

8 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
9 mos
Current Experience

Cursor

Field Engineer

Sep 2025Present · 9 mos · New York, United States · On-site

Mana

Lead AI Engineer

Jan 2025Sep 2025 · 8 mos · New York, United States · Hybrid

Parea ai

Founder / CEO

Apr 2023Apr 2025 · 2 yrs · New York, New York, United States · On-site

  • Self-serve evaluation and human annotation toolkit for LLM applications. Helping teams quickly scale experimentation and collaboration with subject-matter experts.

Lyft

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2021Apr 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · New York, United States · On-site

  • Early promoted to senior engineer
  • Led geographic mapping and regulation zones for Spin scooter partnership. Innovated a geometry-cutting algorithm to remove and sort overlapping regulatory areas. Implemented mapping service to surface Spin scooter’s ride zones in the Lyft app covering +30 states, immediately impacting top-line revenue
  • Led the modernization of the Airport driver queue service. Implemented grpc methods, integrated a new ML queue model, and added concurrency and batch processing leading to improved queue efficiency, driver satisfaction, and reducing airport queue congestion
Python (Programming Language)Go (Programming Language)TypeScriptSoftware DevelopmentMachine Learning

J.p. morgan

Investment Banking Associate

Jun 2017May 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · On-site

  • Technology, Media and Communications Group
  • Early promoted to Associate
  • Co-Captain of the Training Committee. Lead technical training for new analysts and associates (while in Analyst role)
  • Completed NYU Tandon School of Engineering Intensive Online Computer Science program while working full-time
  • Executed over $100 billion of transactions across M&A, debt financing, and IPOs, including the largest M&A transaction of 2017, Disney's acquisition of Fox.
Investment BankingFinancial ModelingMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Financial Analysis

Education

Columbia University

Bachelor’s Degree — Political Science

Jan 2012Jan 2014

New York University

Master’s Degree — International Business and Economics

Jan 2014Jan 2016

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Extended Bridge to Computer Science

Jan 2020Jan 2020

Higher School of Economics

Finance and Economics Spring 2016 Study Abroad

Jan 2016Jan 2016

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