# Alex Fang

> Senior Software Engineer at SmithRx

Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexfang

Hi! My name is Alex Fang. I have been working as a Software Engineer in the Seattle area for the past 6 years with Facebook, Flexport, and SmithRx. I am a University of Maryland graduate with majors in Computer/Data Science and minors in Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship, and Chinese Language.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ SmithRx
Jan 2024 – Present | Seattle, Washington, United States
Design, develop, and maintain the backend for member eligibility and adjudication systems.

### Software Engineer @ Flexport
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Greater Seattle Area
Software Engineer II
  Ruby, Rails, Java, Protobuf, Datadog
•	Improved shipment on-time performance and SLA accuracy by 15% through a new API and database system to manage ingestion, storage, and retrieval of the fragmented transit time data spread across partner teams such as Ocean, Air, Trucking and Rail
o	Initiated a comprehensive review of the SLA system to identify and fill data gaps, engaging with partner teams across various trade lanes to streamline processes and improve service delivery
•	Architected and developed a bulk upload solution for charge rates, enabling efficient client-driven pricing adjustments and eliminating dependency on time-consuming manual entry for more than 10k charge rules
o	Directed the cross-functional timeline of the bulk upload project, from initial discussions to design and user acceptance testing, ensuring alignment with business needs and user expectations
•	Maintained internal systems and databases to automate freight quoting, pricing, and invoicing, minimizing manual intervention and enhancing operational speed for Flexport account managers

### Software Engineer @ Facebook
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Greater Seattle Area
Software Engineer L4
  Hack (PHP), ReactJS
•	Built the ads blackout system to enforce compliance during emergencies or sensitive periods, such as the US 2020 election, enabling rapid suspension of political and issue-based advertisements
•	Created the asset storage system and data model for Facebook’s Ad Library, enabling transparency tools for more than 15 million ads across all Meta platforms
o	Collaborated with government officials, journalists, and academics to conduct research identifying key metrics and distinctions in the political advertising practices of various nations
•	Upgraded the internal ad preview system to support dynamic ads, accurately simulating layouts across diverse devices and platforms

Software Engineer L3
  Hack (PHP)
•	Optimized the Marketing API's data model to seamlessly integrate and support the rollout of new ad formats, increasing advertising diversity across FB platforms
•	Designed the process for archival of dynamic and catalog ads, improving long-term data governance and ensuring necessary information is captured for compliance and auditability

### Software Engineering Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Greater Seattle Area
Created an end to end data pipeline to train demographic predicting models.
Evaluated machine generated models with custom metrics.
Identified translation bottle necking and increased data pipeline speed by 30%.
Software Used: Python, Presto, Hive, Mercurial, UNIX, MS Office

### Data Engineering Intern @ Walleye Trading
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Plymouth, MN
Created and automated analytical tools for tracking millions of dollars in contracts.
Merged data feeds at over 10gbps to detect patterns in order flow between various exchanges.
Built a port analysis process to determine the effects of nanosecond delays between orders.
Software Used: Java, Groovy, SQL, IntelliJ, Microsoft Office.

### Web Developer @ Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | College Park, MD
Updated legacy program websites to Squarespace.
Converted Flash based applications to JS/jQ for HTML5 and mobile support.
Provided technical and clerical support for the HHMI department in UMD’s CMNS office. 
Assisted college and high school students in the application process for various grants and internships.
Software Used: Microsoft Office, Flash, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, HTML5

### Systems Administration Intern @ Lockheed Martin
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Rockville, MD
Configured a PRTG Network Monitor to identify and track errors in the program's VLAN.
Installed VMware Essentials to allow workload distribution across multiple EXSi hosts.
Set up a replicate OpenLDAP server to eliminate a single point of failure in the host network. 
Wrote administrative guides for installed software, defining uses specifically for our program.
Presented to team leads on the benefits of network management, including software demos and tutorials. 
Software Used: PRTG, ESXi, VMware/vSphere, OpenLDAP, redhat Linux, Exceed onDemand, Microsoft Office


## Education
### Computer Science
University of Maryland

### Winston Churchill High School


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-29