Hi! I'm Alex.
I'm the engineer people Slack when something's weird, broken, or doesn't make sense. I bridge design, product, and engineering to deliver clean, scalable solutions—whether it's performance, observability, or building tools that make devs' lives easier.
Experience
Senior Software Engineer – Fundrise
2022 - Present
- Drove implementation of Datadog RUM, enabling observability into our web application for the first time, allowing us to identify bugs & UX issues more quickly.
- Redesigned Sentry triage workflow by adding structured context, source maps, and integration with other tools — turning noisy error data into actionable insights.
- Established and managed a triage rotation among web engineers, mentoring team members in debugging best practices and creating scalable processes for addressing production issues.
- Architected a unified cross-platform analytics system spanning Web, iOS, and Android; standardized event naming and property usage to ensure consistency and reliability across all platforms.
- Engineered a robust authentication and authorization framework supporting multiple token scopes and seamless user session handling.
- Proposed and implemented secure mobile webview support, enabling mobile teams to reuse authenticated web views in lieu of duplicating development across dozens of native screens.
UX Engineer – Unqork
2021 - 2022
- Enhanced frontend architecture and developer experience by refactoring a monorepo’s Webpack pipeline for faster builds, cutting several minute compile times for local development down to seconds.
- Introduced a customizable default CSS theme using Tailwind and custom properties, along with a dynamic UI for live theming, unlocking the ability for clients to build their own themes with no code for the first time.
Full stack Developer – Savas Labs
2019 - 2021
- Built custom Drupal themes from Figma designs for global health orgs.
- Shaped playful user experiences for Savas Labs and Labs microsite in line with their brand identity
- Created impactful side projects, including a gender-inclusive UX quiz and a 2020-themed lorem ipsum generator built in only a few days.
Web Developer – NETE
2018 - 2019
- Worked closely with designers, developers, and content teams to maintain and enhance NIEHS websites.
- Provided QA for new team members and supported large projects with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript updates.
- Collaborated on multimedia efforts, creating graphics and video assets with Adobe tools to support cohesive, high-impact digital content.
Skills
Proficient: TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue, React, NodeJS, HTML, CSS, Playwright, Vite, Vitest, Tailwind, Sass
Familiar: AWS (Cloudfront, CodePipeline, WAF), Svelte
Education
MA, Emerging Media
2017
Loyola University Maryland
BA, Telecommunications
2011
Ball State University