# Alex Deng

> Senior Software Engineer at Abacus Insights

Location: Greater Boston, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexdeng

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Abacus Insights
Jan 2025 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### DevOps Engineer II @ Abacus Insights
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Fully Integrated third-party application infrastructure into our platform in Kubernetes and AWS, ensuring seamless functionality and performance.
- Developed and enhanced internal deployment orchestration tools, transitioning deployments from local machines to cloud environments.
- Collaborated on building next-gen platform infrastructure with multi-region support, focusing on scalability and flexibility.

### DevOps Engineer @ Abacus Insights
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Automated monthly AMI creation as a Kubernetes CronJob, optimizing resource provisioning and maintenance.
- Upgraded core infrastructures like Terraform, Python, and EKS across engineering meeting stringent security and compliance requirements.
- Achieved a 40% reduction in development cloud costs through infrastructure optimizations and cleanup automation.

### Software Engineer In Test @ Abacus Insights
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Mentored and incorporated testing best practices within the DevOps team resulting in better code quality and fewer bugs reported.
- Led the design and implementation of new automated regression test suites for internal tools and applications.
- Coordinated the creation and destruction of ephemeral test environments as part of the monthly release cadence.

### Software Engineer in Test @ Veracode
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Burlington, MA
- Create and execute test plans based on design specifications and acceptance criteria for various microservices
- Design and develop automated integration tests for the API in Java as well as automated end-to-end tests in Protractor
- Identify, document, and report discrepancies and bugs discovered during the testing process through JIRA
- Build and maintain the automated testing infrastructure as part of the CI/CD pipeline as well as manage the deployment through AWS

### Dynamic Operations Engineer @ Veracode
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Burlington, MA
- Analyze and reproduce security vulnerabilities reported by the Dynamic scanners
- Validate CWE security flaws reported by the scanner including XSS and SQL injection
- Knowledge of penetration testing techniques, DAST tools, OWASP Top Ten
- Solve networking problems to ensure proper connectivity between the scanner and platform
- Report/triage/debug problems with the scanner, analyze scan logs to determine the problem
- Participate in internal user acceptance testing for new product releases

### IT Analyst Intern @ Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Boston, MA
- Perform Quality Assurance testing using Siteimprove
- Received training as a Contributor Plus in Percussion and Rhythmyx CMS
- Updated and maintained content on www.mass.gov


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Syracuse University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/azkdeng
- Portfolio: http://alexdeng.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-31