# Alan Solitar

> Backend Engineer at Doctor On Demand | Fullstack Software Engineer | Python | Django | Javascript | Vuejs

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alansolitar

I am a remote fullstack developer.  I love gaming, tinkering with my pc, learning new technologies, and working on interesting projects in my spare time.

I just started a  blog where I talk about programming and the remote dev lifestyle.

Check it out:  https://remotedevdaily.com/  

Skills:

Backend: I work a lot with django and the django rest framework. I also work a lot with celery, celery beat, and redis -- I frequently use these in tandem with a Django backend.  I've also worked a bit with node.

FrontEnd: My front end tools of choice are Vuejs and Vuex, but I have also worked with react and redux. 

Databases: Postgres, Mongodb

## Work Experience
### Backend Engineer @ Doctor On Demand
Jan 2020 – Present

### Software Consultant @ RhythmScience Inc.
Jan 2020 – Present
- Create organizational coding standards around style and testings. 
- Setup tooling and createprocesses to support those standards.
- Design and Architect solutions across the stack.
- Manage and coordinate releases. 
- Implement features and fix bugs across the stack as needed.

### Lead Fullstack Developer @ RhythmScience Inc.
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Remote
+ Work as lead fullstack developer on the Rhythm360 (formerly CardiaSync) platform.
+ Create and maintain REST API routes using the Django-Rest-Framework.
+ Create and maintain celery tasks for ingesting and processing incoming data.
+ Profile and improve speed of Django ORM database queries.
+ Successfully decrease page loading times by 50% by optimizing queries.
+ Create and modify existing models, views, and serializers.
+ Maintain Selenium web scrapers.
+ Refactor and optimize VueJS frontend for performance and maintainability.
+ Work with Vue and Vuex to create modular,  easy-to-use components.
+ Manage other developers.

### Mentor @ Codementor
Jan 2018 – Present
+ Mentor individuals in Python, Django, Javascript, and VueJS.
+ Provide advice and guidance on how to architect and implement specific features.
+ Share knowledge about best practices and how to improve performance.
+ Help debug and fix issues with code.

### Freelance Software Engineer @ Self-Employed
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
+ Work as a freelance developer as a member of teams on numerous projects.
+ Debug troublesome issues in complex code bases.
+ Develop full products for clients.
+ Provide code review and analysis.
+ Work with a variety of different technologies including python, django, flask, javascript, vue, react, and more.

### Backend Developer @ Pitch + Pivot
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
+ Implement new features on the backend for RepCheckup using Python, Django, Celery, 
   and Postgres.
+ Create event based system to send out email alerts with Celery.
+ Build out and maintain REST API routes for Django application.
+ Debug database issues and write custom Django database migrations.
+ Enhance and maintain existing web scrapers.

### VueJS Developer @ TiER1 Performance Solutions
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
+ Refactor codebase using best practices to improve performance and maintainability.
+ Work with JavaScript (ES6+) while creating new Vuex modules and Vue components.
+ Use Axios library to consume backend API.

### SWE Intern @ Kip
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Greater New York City Area
+ Improved the food search functionality of the Kip Bot through the creation of food
classifiers.
+ Enhanced classifiers by using a combination of web scrapers and api to get large
amounts of culinary data.

### Game Engineering Intern @ High 5 Games
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
+ Simplified process for viewing and altering XML and layout files by expanding an inhouse
C# tool.
+ Saved developers and artists hours of development time on each game by adding
support for layer overrides to the C++ game engine.
+ Helped prevent future merge conflicts between developers and artists by writing scripts
to parse and split layout files into separate game and interface layout files.


## Education
### Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Hunter College

### Bachelor of Arts in Writing Seminars
The Johns Hopkins University

### Japanese Language
Nanzan University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alan-solitar
- Portfolio: https://remotedevdaily.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-31