# Alexandra Garcia

> *REMOTE CONTRACT / FLEX SCHEDULE* Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexandragarcia

I am Full Stack Software Engineer looking to help a good cause or jump on a cool new idea. I am currently abroad so am looking for a REMOTE PART-TIME opportunity (short-term or contract ok). My skills include: HTML, CSS, Javascript, React, Python, AWS, Postgres and Go. I thrive in settings that push me to my furthest, am quick to apply what I have learned, and organize my schedule well while doing remote work.

## Work Experience
### Full Stack Software Engineer @ VillageMD
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Remote
• Designed features for React/ React Native applications using Python with several libraries, integrating data from several sources including Postgres,  third party Athena and Hubspot, and using services from AWS. 
• Integrated data from 10 different locations, keeping private patient information secure during development. 
• Used Lucid charts and wiki docs to highlight design choices and lead discussion during meetings.
• Built CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions with automated deployments and code quality checks.

### Full Stack Software Engineer @ Zero (zerogrocery.com)
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
• Engineered features spanning the codebase using using Typescript, React, Go, MongoDB, and Gcloud platform.
• Drove initiative to clean up codebase and fix precision loss due MongoDB driver, removing 30% of unnecessary code.
• Integrated with Stripe and other 3rd party APIs to design features.
• Designed working process on Github for team of remote engineers, using branches, pull requests, reviews, and video calls where necessary.

### Full Stack Engineer @ EveryTeam
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Shipped full stack features such as onboarding users and generating onboarding tasks for 3 different profiles of users by using Javascript, GraphQL, Relay, Flow, Go and PostgreSQL.
• Placed tags in code to analyze user behavior from more than 400 users.
• Fixed incorrect SQL queries such as one that wasn’t showing unviewed docs in ‘most viewed’ sort and was showing duplicate docs for ‘recently viewed’.
• Built/Added onto functionality for Airtable embed and Figma embed using API docs.

### Mobile Developer (contract) @ Groupmuse
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Engineered a mobile classical concert scheduling platform for a user base of more than 100,000.
• Created dynamic screens using React Native components, Redux, and Thunk to make AJAX calls to Ruby on Rails server and react-native-router-flux to handle navigation.
• Developed flexible user login experience saving users 33% of time spent logging in by using react-native-fbsdk to enable login through Facebook.
• Wrote snapshot tests for 100% coverage of components and unit tests for 83% coverage using Jest and Enzyme.

### Full Stack Developer (contract) @ Course Report
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
• Developed email templates for admins to onboard new team members using Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL for Course Report website, which has over 400,000 visitors monthly.
• Enhanced UI and resolved backend and front end issues on codebase with 70+ models, 75+ controllers, and 200+ views. 
• Upgraded research center to enable users to update their profile, save favorite schools, and compare up to 4 favorite schools using JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, and Sass.
• Worked on feature that decreased page load time by 60% using JavaScript, Infinite Pages, Kaminari, and Tocify to allow infinite scrolling through school news stories.

### Marketing and Business Development Executive @ Bayworks Tile & Stone
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Collaborated with development team to create website after gathering over 70 customer reviews and over 250 photos of work done.
• Developed marketing material and negotiated running deals with companies such as Angie's List, Yelp, and Home Advisor, increasing of sales from $600,000 to $1.3 million.
• Managed customer experience with company and asked for reviews with 90% success rate leading to company ratings of 4.5 - 4.8 / 5 across multiple websites.

### Assistant Administrator @ Yanapuma Foundation
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Ecuador
• Spoke Spanish at a high intermediate/advanced level in order to communicate with employees and project directors and supervised the immediate running of a Spanish school. 
• Created marketing material leading to full teaching calendar and 30% increase in profits by final month of job.


## Education
### Full Stack Technical Program
Rithm School
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018

### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2007 – Jan 2012

### High School Degree
Northgate High School
Jan 2004 – Jan 2007


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alliejant
- Website: https://alliejant.github.io

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Last updated: 2026-03-29