# Alex Fincham

> Software Engineer focused on data-intensive web applications

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexfincham

Seasoned software engineer with a strong background in distributed, data-intensive web application development and cloud infrastructure.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Intuit
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States
Worked on platform engineering (mostly DB and infra) for the Quickbooks online (QBO) "Staging" platform along with the modernized accounting core platform (multiple micro-services decomposed from the legacy QBO monolith).

### Software Engineer II @ Intuit
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | Mountain View, CA
Worked on the app store side of the Quickbooks online (QBO) 3rd party developer platform to deliver delightful app experiences for QBO users.

Worked on the "Staging" platform that orchestrates data flow from 3rd party sources (i.e. square, paypal, shopify, receipt upload) into QBO. Transactions are enriched via custom logic and AI/ML insights and then presented to users for review. Users can then decide to add them to the books (accounting ledger).

### Full Stack Developer @ AT&T
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | remote
Developed web applications used by sales, product development, solutions architecture, and network engineering teams to streamline workflow and provide a central platform for collaboration.

Worked primarily with MySQL, Express.js, React, Redux, Node.js, Webpack but also spent time on ye olde LAMP stack.


## Education
### B.S. in Computer Science
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014

### Bachelor's Degree in Exercise and Sport Science
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22