# Alex B. > Versatile Senior Software Engineer | Strong experience in DevOps, security, cloud applications, and agentic development Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alexb3 SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER Senior Software Engineer with over 15 years leading technical strategy, planning, and risk management across complex projects. Demonstrated expertise in launching innovative SaaS products, robust security solutions, efficient APIs, and sophisticated automation platforms. Proven ability to effectively coordinate teams, methods, and technologies to deliver prompt deployments, operational excellence, and rigorous security backed by best-in-class engineering practices. HIGHLIGHTS * Engineers and maintains backend data pipelines ensuring compliance with international privacy regulations, proactively mitigating risks of regulatory fines exceeding $100M for Capital One. * Led engineering teams and developed specialized tools utilized by industry-leading organizations including Google, Facebook, Sony, Instacart, Ticketmaster, and The Emmys. * Drove initiatives at HUMAN Security that significantly reduced costs (COGS) by over $1M, secured multi-million-dollar contracts, and facilitated successful investor-backed mergers and acquisitions in 2023. * Expanded HUMAN Security’s Observability Platform, enabling real-time monitoring of thousands of servers, seamless integration with Snowflake for data analytics, and streamlined data visualization through Looker. * Collaborated closely with stakeholders at HUMAN Security to develop impactful customer integrations, intuitive widgets, and improved CAPTCHA/authentication systems, significantly elevating the company’s position in industry analyst reports. * Developed Tumblr’s Localization Platform, introducing automated translations and expanding global user accessibility across 18+ languages, greatly enhancing international adoption. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE * Languages: Python, Ruby, TypeScript, Java, Shell, Golang, C/C++, PHP * Data Engineering: ETL Processes, Data Lakes, Snowflake, Databricks, Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, AWS EMR * Platforms & Servers: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Fastly, Cloudflare, Linux (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu), Apache, NGINX, , Puppet, Terraform * CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, Jenkins, Bamboo, Selenium, Appium, VMware, Docker/Vagrant * Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Memcached, SQLite, Neo4j * Web Development: React, Node.js, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, Django, Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, REST, GraphQL, HTML5 * Architecture & Tools: Lucidchart, Visual Paradigm, Visio, UML, Distributed Systems, Scalability-focused architecture * AI: Agent-driven development, Prompt Engineering, LLM API integration ## Work Experience ### SWE @ Farther @ Farther Jan 2025 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area ### Senior Engineering Consultant @ nerd.work Jan 2024 – Present | Brooklyn, New York, United States Freelance work in Software Engineering as I pivot my career back to individual contributions. ### Senior Software Engineer, Back End @ Capital One Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | New York, New York, United States I play a pivotal role in developing and maintaining backend data pipelines that ensured strict compliance with Internation privacy regulations. I significantly mitigate the risk of regulatory fines, protecting the organization from potential losses exceeding $100M. ### Senior Engineering Manager @ HUMAN Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area I spearheaded teams across various products to develop software that processed billions of daily transactions, ensuring ad safety for major internet companies and combating bot fraud. I oversaw tiger team work to secure several multi-million dollar contracts, and supported initiatives that brought COGS down by over a million dollars. ### Software Engineering Manager @ Tumblr Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | New York City Metropolitan Area I oversaw Tumblr's test and release engineering teams, and was responsible for weekly releases to millions of devices. I also designed and implemented internal tooling that maximized mobile engineer productivity. ### Mobile DevOps Engineer @ Tumblr Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area Tumblr delivers over 80 billion blog posts in 18 languages across every major platform. In the time you read this paragraph, 35,000 new posts will be added to our site. My team ensures the continuous delivery of tumblr code updates with absolutely zero downtime. Tools: Linux, Jenkins, Redis, Memcache, Mysql, Docker, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, OneSky, Jetbrains, Git, Xcode, Android Studio, Golang, Puppet, OpenTSDB, Fastlane ### Senior Software Engineer @ International Data Group (IDG) Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 In collaboration with several business units, I've lead the charge toward continuous integration and delivery of our media platform. Atlassian's robust framework allows our teams across the country to code with confidence. Their work is validated against many platforms around the clock. Technologies: Ant, Bamboo, Capistrano, Puppet, RHEL7, CentOS, AWS EC2, Pen Testing, JIRA, SonarQube, PMD, FindBugs, EDB/PostgreSQL 9.4, Docker, REST, JSON ### Senior Programmer Analyst @ IDG Consumer & SMB Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 I developed and maintained applications and databases. I also uprooted our in-house video player and replaced it with a distributed, ad-capable, mobile-friendly solution powered by Brightcove. My video implementation is still in use today. Technologies: Flash, ActionScript, FFmpeg, Brightcove, Omniture, Tomcat, Bash on RHEL6. Bitbucket Git, Bootstrap, jQuery ### Senior Application Developer @ PC World Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 Transformed an aging ASP site into a high-performance, extensible Java webapp, paving the way for the CMS that now powers many IDG sites. Technologies: ASP, VB, Java, Ajax, CSS, SVN, Trac, SQLite, XSLT, SOAP ### Developer @ Macworld Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 Transitioned Macworld from an outdated Perl site into a modern CMS. Technologies: JavaScript, Perl, Java, Struts, XML, MySQL, Oracle, Apache ### Application Engineer @ Lithium Technologies Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 | Emeryville, CA Full stack customization of Lithium's community application to satisfy the needs of high-profile clients and their millions of users. Technologies: HTML, JavaScript, Java ### Web Developer @ IDG Jan 1999 – Jan 2003 Front-end developer for IDG's content aggregation company in the days before RSS. Technologies: HTML, JavaScript, Java ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Biology University of California, Davis ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/axions - GitHub: https://github.com/mesolimbo --- Source: https://flows.cv/alexb3 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alexb3/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13