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Alex Rivera
Full Stack Software Engineer
Professional Summary
Performance-focused Full Stack Engineer with 4+ years of experience architecting resilient web applications in TypeScript, React, Next.js, and Node.js. Proven track record of optimizing microservices, reducing AWS infrastructure latency by 35%, and driving high-converting developer UX.
Technical Skills
Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Python, SQL, HTML5, CSS3
Frameworks: React, Next.js (App Router), Node.js, Express, Tailwind CSS, Redux Toolkit
Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Supabase, Prisma ORM
Cloud / DevOps: AWS (S3, EC2, Lambda), Vercel, Docker CI/CD, Linux, Nginx
Tools & Testing: Git, GitHub Actions, Docker, Webpack, Vite, Jest, Playwright
Employment History
- Spearheaded redesign of core analytics dashboard in Next.js 14 and Tailwind, improving Core Web Vitals LCP by 45% and Lighthouse score to 98.
- Engineered reusable design system components in TypeScript with 100% WCAG AA accessibility compliance across 12 product modules.
- Integrated real-time WebSocket state synchronization, cutting redundant API polling by 60% and decreasing server payload bandwidth.
- Designed and maintained 15+ RESTful and GraphQL endpoints in Node.js and PostgreSQL handling 2M+ monthly API queries.
- Implemented Redis distributed caching layer for database query responses, dropping p95 latency from 240ms to 42ms.
- Authored comprehensive end-to-end testing suites with Jest and Playwright, lifting code coverage from 62% to 89%.
Technical Projects
- Architected an in-browser collaborative code editor with Operational Transformation (OT) supporting concurrent multi-cursor editing.
- Built instant code execution sandbox with Web Workers supporting JavaScript, Python, and TypeScript.
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Contributed bug fixes and performance improvements to popular open-source developer tooling with 200+ stars on GitHub.