Alex is a Senior Software Engineer with 14+ years of technical expertise in creating high-quality solutions for mobile/front-end projects using modern frameworks and back-end solutions. He has an eye for iterating pixel-perfect and complex UI interface solutions, provides hands-on guidance for software integration and information security, and works in various technical roles as an advocate for best practices, coding patterns, and Agile development.
Designed and executed a hiring plan transitioning from contractors to a full-time engineering team, scaling from 12 to 50 engineers across 6 specialized squads.
Reorganized team structures to boost collaboration and performance while implementing transparency practices for timely, high-quality deliveries.
Introduced SAFe to support rapid scaling and improve value delivery to stakeholders, fostering a robust and efficient engineering organization.
Assisted in developing a startup’s business plan and created a staffing plan, hiring 16 team members including engineers, QAs, managers, and designers.
Adopted Scrum methodology and Design Thinking, acting as interim technical product manager and aligning engineering strategy with key stakeholders, C-suite, and investors with the engineering and product teams.
Mentored team members to refine processes, conducted 1-1s to balance performance and human-oriented leadership, and led platform architecture design.
Designed platform-wide architectures for social networking, wallet solutions, and talent acquisition practices, training the current team in best industry standards and practices.
Developed customer support and quality control practices like hiring CSRs and QA, defining tools, metrics, reporting, escalations, data protection, security, training, and business communication.
Implemented development processes for integration between software development, quality control, infrastructure, and support and introduced high-level standards for security and data protection.
Hired and onboarded tech leads and team members and built a team culture bringing best practices to the daily life of the distributed team.
Managed various divisions like architecture, back-end development, mobile development, infrastructure, support, and quality control.
Designed platform-wide architectures for custodial financial services, cryptocurrency wallet solutions, and advisory portfolio management.
Reviewed and assessed third-party services for high-availability integrations and analyzed fault-tolerant integrations with third-party managed wallets and cryptocurrency exchanges.
Architected and guided the first version of the company’s mobile app.
Actively participated and contributed to stakeholders gathering requirements of features related to cryptocurrency wallet solutions, automated trading bots, and ingestion and processing of cryptocurrency exchange market data.
Directed 50+ engineers distributed in development teams across different continents to deliver quality features on time.
Designed architecture for production-ready applications.
Implemented POC applications, spikes, and libraries as solutions for existing problems, optimizing solutions for performance, security, and integration with third-party applications.
Enhanced the quality of deliverables and implemented best practices.
Worked on the development of SICCAU, a web-based platform that integrates all regional councils with CAU regulatory operations in Brazil, handling features like annual billing and overdue debt management.
Assisted in managing and analyzing recurrent and pending debts by designing an optimized solution that deals with various data structures across distinct databases.
Improved the implementation of bank ticket verification, used only in Brazil’s banking system, and created a reusable theme for use in multiple software owned by different institutes.
Fluent Forever, a language learning startup, developed a new methodology for language learning and created the most funded app in Kickstarter history.
Front web pages, management applications, and systems like payments/subscriptions were developed for the app, and a reusable theming system was implemented for applications on the platform.
Existing UI implementations were refined for improved user performance and the app was released on Play Store and App Store in early 2019.
Developed K2 Konnect, a digital platform for IT consultants to access staff resources, keep track of timesheets and expenses, and learn about consultancy opportunities and referral initiatives.
Utilized hybrid development for Android and iOS support, created a middleware for data exposure as a REST API for consumption by mobile apps, and implemented endpoints using Apex on the Salesforce platform.
Liaised with designers for consistent UI solutions, ensured information security, and followed best practices in API development. The app was successfully released on both Play Store and App Store.
Trupe Player is a software for digital signage promotion, enabling users to display media on various digital panels in numerous locations.
Developer responsibilities included module development for auto-updating, installing, and downloading media, and implementing authentication, authorization, and network feature validation systems.
Achievements included reducing the file size from 300MB to 40MB, improving networking utilization for corrupted media files and adjusting the application for various network configurations.
Education
Certified Scrum Product Owner ® (CSPO) - Expires Oct 2025
Scrum Alliance
2023 - 2023
Professional Scrum Product Owner™ I (PSPO I) & Professional Scrum Master™ (PSM)
