# Alex Hong

> Senior Software Engineer at Bynder | Backend Developer | Microservices & APIs | MSSE SJSU

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexhong

Software Engineer with backend and full stack experience. SJSU Spartan and UC Davis Aggie Alum.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Bynder
Jan 2023 – Present
- Contributing to Integrations Team, building microservices using Scala, gRPC, CQRS, Event Sourcing, PostgreSQL, Kafka, GraphQL, Redis
- Maintaining Bynder SDKs including Java SDK, PHP SDK, Python SDK
- Utilizing AWS resources including EC2, RDS, SQS, S3, ECR, EKS, SNS, IAM
- Utilizing build resources via Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes

### Software Engineer @ Bynder
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
- Contributed to Webdam product, supported cross-platform products such as Core, Brand Connect, and Workstream through maintenance and improvement tickets organized via Jira and through scrum/agile process
- Contributed to Webdam Academy, series of Confluence pages and recording videos documenting Webdam functionalities and code structures. Performed training sessions, mentored other developers, provided help when needed
- Implemented features such as Workstream Filter Improvements, Webdam Core Focus Point (https://www.damsuccess.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403318488466-Focus-Point)
- Utilized Webdam tech stack via PHP, MySQL, Angular, TypeScript, React, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS, Python

### Junior Software Engineer @ Solarlytics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
- Developed and worked on various web applications for stealth startup, worked in agile environment and collaborated with engineering team
- Implemented REST APIs/Endpoints using Node/Express, stored and received data via tables using Postgres, MySQL, and Redis
- Implemented authentication system using OAuth via Azure for authenticated logins and protected API routes
- Developed modularized components using React/Redux. Used npm libraries for data rendering and visualizations
- Containerized services using Docker and Docker Compose, deployed to Ubuntu 18 virtual machines hosted on Azure
-Configured Nginx proxy/load-balancer using both Let’s Encrypt and self-signed certificates

### Web Developer Intern @ San Francisco Payroll Association
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
- Redesigned website for organization, served as webmaster (​www.sfpayroll.org​)
- Implemented and redesigned frontend by creating modularized components using React and Bootstrap
- Implemented REST APIs/Endpoints using Node/Express
- Stored/retrieved JSON records from MongoDB
- Containerized services using Docker and Docker Compose, implemented Nginx
proxy/load-balancer using Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates
- Deployed application on Ubuntu 18 Droplet via DigitalOcean

### Software Engineering Intern @ Zoho Corporation
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
Developed a web extension using HTML/CSS and JavaScript that synced event and contact data from Ticketbud into Zoho CRM’s software. Used APIs from Ticketbud to retrieve JSON responses containing data, and applied APIs from Zoho CRM to create and insert records into the platform.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Technologies
San José State University
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, Davis
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019

### Computer Engineering
San José State University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alex-hong-81a013b2
- GitHub: https://github.com/ahong14

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Source: https://flows.cv/alexhong
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Last updated: 2026-03-22