About

Alex Rentz is a Senior Software Engineer at T-Mobile, with over 9 years of experience in cloud-based software development. He is passionate about creating meaningful applications of software, particularly service-oriented architectures and big data. Alex has expertise in Java and JVM-based languages such as Scala, as well as Ruby. As a developer, Alex's mission is to provide the technical skills and leadership qualities needed to advance software engineering. He continually looks for ways to improve the processes and practices of the industry, and as a manager, he works with his team to bring out their best. Alex brings enthusiasm to his work and is always ready for the next challenge. At T-Mobile, Alex works on the Digital Commerce Platform SRE team, where he develops and maintains a platform for services. He primarily works with Java and TypeScript, using platforms like Conducktor, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, and Apigee to create applications. Prior to T-Mobile, Alex worked at Cerner as a Team Lead and Senior Software Engineer. As a team lead on the Data Platform team, he provided technical guidance and software design and implementation for large-scale projects, while also managing a small team of engineers. As a senior software engineer on the Cloud Services team, Alex focused on delivering quality software and design while promoting engineering standards. He also provided coaching to early-career associates and managed interns. Alex holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Georgia Southern University. He is a Certified Scrum Master and has relevant experience of 11.11 years. Alex's technical skills include software engineering, mobile development, Java, SRE, big data, Ruby, Kubernetes, TypeScript, Spring Boot, Spring, ETL, and Scala.