Alexandra Chen · Senior Software Engineer
❋Profile
Results-driven Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable web applications and cloud-native systems. Passionate about clean code, system design, and delivering impactful products that serve millions of users. Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and shipping high-availability platforms under tight deadlines.
◈Experience
Jan 2022 – Present
San Francisco, CA
Senior Software Engineer
  • Led architecture of microservices platform handling 10M+ daily requests using Python and Kubernetes
  • Reduced system latency by 40% through database optimization and Redis caching strategies
  • Mentored team of 6 junior engineers and established engineering best practices
  • Designed real-time data streaming pipeline processing 500K events per minute
Mar 2019 – Dec 2021
New York, NY
Software Engineer
DataSystems Ltd
  • Built scalable REST APIs in Node.js and TypeScript serving 2M+ active users
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment time from 2 hours to 15 minutes
  • Led migration from monolithic to microservices architecture improving velocity by 60%
✦Education
Sep 2015 – Jun 2019
Stanford, CA
BSc Computer Science
Stanford University
GPA: 3.8 / 4.0
◉Technical Skills
PythonAdvanced
TypeScriptAdvanced
ReactIntermediate
PostgreSQLIntermediate
DockerIntermediate
KubernetesIntermediate
AWSIntermediate
RedisIntermediate
GraphQLIntermediate
CI/CDAdvanced
◎Languages
English
Native
Mandarin
Professional
◆Projects
Distributed Task Scheduler — Open Source Project
Built a fault-tolerant distributed task scheduling system supporting 100K+ concurrent jobs with priority queuing and real-time monitoring.
Python · Redis · PostgreSQL · React
★Certifications
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Amazon Web Services (2023)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator — CNCF (2022)