# Alex Holachek

> Senior Software Engineer at Datadog

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexholachek

I'm a frontend developer with five years of experience building complex, interactive interfaces. My favorite stack is React/Redux/Typescript, and I have a special interest in web animations, data visualization, and accessibility.

I have created several open source React projects and enjoy occasionally speaking at local meetups about my work.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Datadog
Jan 2020 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Software Engineer @ Datadog
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States

### Senior Frontend Developer @ Stash
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Manhattan

### Software Engineer @ Codecademy
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
- Delivered product features in React such as an interactive drag-and-drop code builder to teach core programming concepts, and an engaging new syllabus to help learners explore available content.
- Planned and executed a comprehensive site facelift in collaboration with a designer, based on what started as an internal hackathon project to implement a new design system.
- Spearheaded an initiative to rewrite and expand end-to-end tests, and worked on a variety of tech debt, code quality, and performance-improvement tasks.

### Front End Developer @ Fresh Tilled Soil
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Watertown, MA
- Built rapid prototypes in React, Redux and D3.
- Created component UI kits both in React and vanilla HTML/CSS/JS for clients.

### User Experience Apprentice @ Fresh Tilled Soil
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Watertown, MA
- Enhanced UX skills in an apprenticeship that included a formal
curriculum component as well as client work.

### Front End Developer @ Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Cambridge, MA
- Assisted in re-implementing the core functionality of the ADS website
using primarily jQuery/Backbone and later React/Redux.
- Designed and implemented new visualizations in D3.
- Led the redesign of the UI using wireframing, client interviews, and user testing.

### Technical Information Specialist @ Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Cambridge, MA
Enriched metadata for inclusion in the Astrophysics Data System using various techniques, including hand curation, web scraping, and data munging in Python.
Generated reports in support of a grant bibliography for NASA by writing Python scripts to gather and process funding data from various sources. Designed a database schema for the heterogenous data and exposed it using a SQLite database.
Designed and created user interface components such as an interactive search page with autocomplete for the ADS website.

### Princeton in Asia Fellow @ KIMEP University
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Almaty, Kazakhstan
Implemented a self-designed curriculum to teach English, critical thinking and research skills to graduate students.

### Metadata Assistant @ Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Cambridge


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts in History
Wesleyan University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexholachek
- GitHub: https://github.com/aholachek/

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Last updated: 2026-03-31