About

Alex Smith is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 7 years of experience in developing web servers, video games, and other software applications. He is currently working at Google as a Senior Software Engineer, leading a team to re-do a backend web server to support two products instead of one, which will eventually save the company $200k. Alex is proficient in a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, including Flask, Python, Django, Unity, C#, Ruby on Rails, Scala, MATLAB, Express.js, and Nodejs. In his previous role at Google, Alex developed over 8 analytics features from scratch in 2 of Google's internal compiler tools using mostly Python and C++, which are now helping over 5,000 engineers analyze and debug problems better. Prior to that, he worked as a Software Engineer at Microsoft, where he implemented 4 web services that eventually resulted in supporting 20,000 more users than before, which was a 50% increase. For this task, he mostly worked with Asp.net and C#. Alex holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. He is open to remote roles only and prefers backend development. His technical expertise, coupled with his ability to lead teams and deliver projects on time and within budget, make him a valuable asset to any organization.