# Alexander Ames > Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead at Caris Life Sciences Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alexanderames At Caris Life Sciences, my role as a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead centers around harnessing genomic data to drive advancements in precision medicine. Our team's dedication to developing tools that match patient profiles with clinical drug trials exemplifies our shared commitment to innovation and patient-centered solutions. Adept in Ruby and Python, I've been pivotal in creating a patient cohort builder, a tool that significantly enhances the ability to filter and analyze vast genomic data sets. Previously at Demoflow, I played a crucial role in transforming the B2B sales process through the development of APIs and integration services. My journey in software engineering has been marked by a relentless pursuit of excellence and a strategic focus on backend engineering, contributing to our collective mission of revolutionizing industry standards and elevating user experiences. ## Work Experience ### Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Caris Life Sciences Jan 2021 – Present Designed, developed, and maintained innovative tools leveraging genomic data to enhance precision medicine. Key projects include: - A system matching patient genomic profiles with clinical drug trials tailored to their needs. - A patient cohort builder tool, utilizing Caris’ vast genomic datalakes to enable users to create targeted patient sample cohorts based on customized filter inputs. Finally, the latter half of my tenure has been spent developing myself as a technical lead, an engineer the other team members can come to for project guidance during the development phase. ### Software Engineer @ Demoflow Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 Revolutionizing the B2B sales process. I was involved in different projects related to both API (Rails and GraphQL) and Integration Service (a service that handled all the integrations Gondola had, using Rails, Sidekiq, and Rest API). and Client (React, Electron, Chrome Ext, and Zoom app). We rely heavily on how the whole sales process evolves, from presenting a Deck and integrating with the biggest CRMs in the market. ### Product Engineer @ Simpleview Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 Work to build and extend the functionality of Simpleview’s Zerista products including Leads and Events Apps and any of the other related products and services. Zerista is one of the most comprehensive, customizable, and intuitive event apps on the market. As part of the Product Development team, the CMS and Digital Asset Management applications are improved and extended. This is a full stack development position working with Node.js, Ruby on Rails, AWS, and React Native to build full feature releases and product defect corrections. ### Software Engineer @ Welltok, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Greater Denver Area I work on the production system support team. This means I am responsible for anything the feature development team might have overlooked, or couldn’t have foreseen, until live users/data was introduced to the platform. The platform consists of several major datalakes, an asynchronous message broker, multiple dbs and their corresponding back-end app, as well as a myriad of front-end apps. Weekly tasks include deploying hot fixes as well as periodic maintenance releases. ### API Engineer @ Tech Fabric Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Phoenix, Arizona Area I was hired on at Tech Fabric to work on integrating new features into the existing internal facing web application, for a vehicle financing company in Denver: Blinker. I was responsible for creating new features using the stack which consisted of Postgres, Rails (API), GraphQL, and React/Redux. Coupled of course with maintaining the testing environment when those features are created. ### Full Stack Instructor @ Tech Talent South Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Phoenix, Arizona Lead instruction of Ruby on Rails course material given by TTS. Attended and mentored students during office hours. Was available to mentor students outside of class and office hours. Expanded on the prepared materials, coursework, and homework for students, to help push them beyond TTS baseline material. ### Community Organizer @ Tech Talent South Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Downtown Phoenix, Az Helped students get connected with the Phoenix tech scene. Attended events to help promote the hiring of TTS students post-graduation. ### Full Stack Developer @ PMG2 Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Phoenix, Arizona My work consisted of two web applications owned by PMG2: FoodTidings & Dropdental. My responsibility was enhancing the existing apps by fixing existing bugs and creating new features. Both apps were comprised mainly of a Rails monolith back-end and a AngularJS front-end. Essentially I helped take two web applications that were in early versioning and expand their capabilities for a new version launch. ### Assistant Manager / Technician @ uBreakiFix Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Tempe, Az ### Build Support @ Endurance International Group Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Phoenix, Arizona Area ## Education ### English Language and Literature in General Northern Arizona University Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 ### English Language and Literature in General Chandler/Gilbert Community College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexanderames --- Source: https://flows.cv/alexanderames JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alexanderames/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22