# Alex Gamil (she/her) > Software Engineer at Volley Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alexgamilsheher Software Engineer, eager to combine technologies to build software to improve our day-to-day lives. With a background in hospitality, I creatively provided meaningful experiences through my strong attention to detail. I am also a highly adaptive team player. What led me to switch careers is driven by my desire to build products that create a lasting difference while also bridging the gap of accessibility. What I found most gratifying being in the hospitality industry is the rewarding nature of helping others. I know that through software development I have the potential to affect not just one but everyone. I am thrilled at the opportunity to contribute to any project that is motivated by positively impacting our day-to-day lives. Typescript | BrightScript | Ruby | React | Jotai | Redux | Material UI | Ruby on Rails | Inversify | PostgreSQL | DynamoDB | Firebase | Amplitude | Kibana | Github | Sentry | Figma | Miro ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Weekend Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Volley is now Weekend! I joined the company as a career-transition engineer from hospitality and spent 4.5 years shipping features across five projects across 5 different platforms. My work spans zero-to-one product development, architectural migrations, and UX experimentation, with measurable impact on conversion, retention, and feature velocity. Jeopardy! (2025–Present) - Co-led the migration to a multiplayer-first architecture, reducing feature delivery timelines from months to weeks and enabling the Party Mode MVP. - Rebuilt the audio system, increasing paid conversion by 10% and first-game completion by 13.4% while eliminating a persistent “No Sound” bug. - Designed the SceneLoaderService to improve rendering and remove transition flickering. - Resolved key production issues including memory leaks, race conditions, and state transition bugs. Wheel of Fortune (2023–2024) - Co-built Wheel of Fortune from the ground up with one other engineer, delivering the MVP in 2 months across UI, game logic, state management, and analytics. - Led the Guided Fallbacks experiment using Amplitude, improving trial-to-paid conversions by 1.1% and reducing fallbacks by 8.2% (consecutive) and 2.3% (overall), later rolled out to 100% of users. - Architected the bot gameplay system (“Phantom Opponents”) and co-built Daily Toss Up mode end-to-end. Question of the Day (2022–2023) - Refactored using SOLID principles for a production Alexa skill serving millions of users. - Maintained internationalization across 5 locales (en-US, en-GB, es, pt, fr). - Delivered 15+ A/B experiments that improved subscription flows and engagement. Backchannel (2021–2022) - Built a stats tracking plugin integrating Firebase/Firestore, cloud functions, and automated alerts. - Created the team’s first apprenticeship rubric based on insights from my daily dev journal, establishing a structured development path for new engineers. ### Engineering Intern @ Doorvest Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area A full-service real estate investing platform that enables busy working professionals to invest in cash-flowing rental homes. • Built responsive components using React hooks and Material UI ### Today @ Personal Projects Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Today is a productivity tool that integrates blog posting and list-making applications into one application. https://today-fe.herokuapp.com/ • Awarded Best project of the week on Career Karma. https://careerkarma.com/discussions/projects/today-304/ • Designed image upload feature to enhance UI/UX using a cloud management platform, Cloudinary. • Implemented drag and drop feature to provide an interactive list-making experience utilizing React Beautiful DND. • Integrated Redux to establish a single source of truth and to have direct access to the state throughout the application. ### Makegotchi @ Personal Projects Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 An application collaborated among 4 developers. MAKEgotchi is a Tamagotchi-inspired web-based game aimed at all ages. https://makegotchi.herokuapp.com/login • Utilized the React library to create reusable UI components and to ensure UI updates efficiently. • Implemented dynamic rendering of components using React Router to prevent reloading the SPA. • Employed user authorization to permit user access to secured data, routes, and requests using JWT. ### Unitee @ Personal Projects Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 UniTee is a single-page eCommerce application that sells pocket tees. • Designed the backend architecture using Ruby on Rails. • Implemented SPA architecture for the frontend using JavaScript. • Converted HTML element into a PDF to automatically download a printable receipt using html2pdf. ### Food Server @ The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 - Genuinely engaged with 100+ guests per day to provide a more personal and memorable experience. - Awarded employee of the year out of 500+ employees for outstanding service and scoring 90% or higher on Forbes audits. - Delivered exceptional, warm, and efficient service in a fast paced environment. ### Assistant Manager @ Delmonico's Steak and Lobster House Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Encino, California - Monitored daily point-of-sale financial and expense reports - Managed employee hours and bi-weekly payrolls for 25+ employees. - Handled 250+ direct email advertising using a third party marketing platform bi-weekly. ### Engineman @ US Navy Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Souda Bay, Greece - Performed duties of a team member of the oil response team. - Prepared machines and tools required for re-fueling of naval ships. - Awarded TOP GRAD in Basic Engineering Common Core and promoted from E1 to E3 with a recommendation to E4 in 3 months. ## Education ### Certificate in Computer Software Engineering Flatiron School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexgamil - Portfolio: https://dev.to/gamil91 - GitHub: https://github.com/gamil91 --- Source: https://flows.cv/alexgamilsheher JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alexgamilsheher/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31