# Aleks Watkins

> SWE @ SeatGeek | ECE @ CMU

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

I’m a recent graduate from Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering, where I majored in Electrical and Computer Engineering and minored in Human-Computer Interaction. I am currently working as a Software Engineer I at SeatGeek.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ SeatGeek
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Software Engineer Intern @ SeatGeek
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
- Completed twelve week internship on the Data Platform team
- Established a unified log of Kafka metadata in Amundsen, enabling lineage tracking across all products
- Developed a Python library to collect Kafka producer and consumer metadata, including code location
- Implemented Gitlab CI pipeline to collect Kafka connector metadata upon deployment
- Redesigned the Kafka topic creation process to Terraform rendered by a Backstage Software Template and Atlantis, providing ownership to streamline management for stakeholders
- Wrote Kafka Connect connectors to ingest data in Redshift and SQL queries to unite data in Amundsen
- Implemented detection protocol to prevent duplicate Argo CD jobs from spawning from Airflow in outages

### Development Intern @ Advanced Microcomputing Concepts
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | La Verne, California, United States
- Collaborated with development team to implement Microsoft suite-based projects for clients
- Spearheaded in-depth research into Large Language Model software development kits including Langchain and Semantic Kernel
- Developed automated photo upload application with Microsoft Power Apps, Dataverse, and API integrations


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University

### High School Diploma
Claremont High School

### Non-Degree Seeking
Pomona College


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aleks-watkins

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Last updated: 2026-04-13