Alex Chen
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
alex.chen@devmail.io +1 (628) 555-0143 San Francisco, USA linkedin.com/in/alexchen-dev alexchen.dev
React TypeScript Node.js
Python PostgreSQL Redis
Full-Stack Engineer with 7+ years building scalable web applications and distributed systems. Expert in React, Node.js, Python, and cloud-native architectures. Passionate about clean code, developer experience, and shipping products that users love. Open-source contributor with 2,400+ GitHub stars.
Work Experience
Senior Full-Stack Engineer Mar 2021 – Present
Stripe · San Francisco, CA
Architected microservices platform handling 500K+ daily API requests with 99.99% uptime
Reduced page load time by 60% through code splitting, lazy loading, and CDN optimization
Led migration of monolithic PHP app to React/TypeScript frontend + Node.js microservices
Mentored 3 junior engineers; introduced pair-programming culture
Software Engineer II Jun 2018 – Feb 2021
Airbnb · San Francisco, CA
Built real-time messaging system serving 12M+ users using WebSockets + Redis pub/sub
Optimized PostgreSQL queries reducing average response time from 800ms to 45ms
Developed A/B testing framework that drove 18% increase in booking conversion
Software Engineer Sep 2016 – May 2018
Startup Ventures · Austin, TX
Built MVP from scratch: React frontend, Python/Django backend, AWS deployment
Implemented payment integration (Stripe) processing $2M+ in annual transactions
Contributed 15+ open-source PRs to popular React component libraries
Notable Projects
DevFlow CI
Open-source CI/CD pipeline tool. 2,100+ GitHub stars, 340+ forks.
Go Docker React
QueryCraft
AI-powered SQL query builder used by 8,000+ developers monthly.
Python FastAPI OpenAI
ReactGrid Pro
High-performance data grid component. 1.2M npm downloads.
TypeScript React Canvas API
Tech Stack
React / Next.js
TypeScript
Node.js / Express
Python / Django
PostgreSQL / MySQL
Redis
Docker / Kubernetes
AWS / GCP
GraphQL
REST API Design
System Design
Git / GitHub Actions
Education
Bachelor of Science · Computer Science 2016
Stanford University · GPA 3.9
Dean's List, ACM Programming Contest – 2nd Place
Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate 2022
Amazon Web Services
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) 2023
CNCF