# Alex Karim

> Infrastructure of all kinds

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexkarim

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Notion
Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
- Collections Infra (September 2025 -)
- Dev Infra (October 2021 - August 2025)

### Software Engineer @ Lyft
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California
• Authored a Go microservice that enabled other microservices to listen for changes to relevant IDL definitions stored in our IDL monorepo
 • Refactored our IDL pipeline to improve testability and reliability, and enable new team members to start developing on the pipeline faster
 • Mentored an intern and designed their Summer project. The intern got a return offer and came back to work at Lyft after they graduated
 • Active participant in Lyft's recruiting initiatives — I conducted technical and mock interviews, gave presentations at HBCUs and other college campuses, panelist for webinars with partner orgs such as Rewriting the Code and Tech Exchange

### Student Advocate for Diversity and Inclusion @ Brown University Department of Computer Science
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Providence, Rhode Island
Representative of undergraduate student voice on the CS Department Diversity Committee
· Lead TA trainings on the intersections of social identity and the tech industry
· Held weekly office hours as a resource for students in the CS Department
· Advocated for diversity and inclusion in the CS Department by assisting in writing the Department's Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan.

### Head Teaching Assistant @ Brown University Department of Computer Science
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Providence, Rhode Island
Head TA for Software Engineering (CS32)
· Organized, scheduled, and led TA hiring, trainings, and hours.
· Coordinated TA staff by delegating tasks and communicating deadlines.
· Revamped the course by working with the professor and other HTAs to update projects.
· Primary point of contact between students and course staff.

### Teaching Assistant @ Brown University Department of Computer Science
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Providence, Rhode Island
TA for Intro to Object Oriented Programming in Java (CS15)
Fall 2014 and Fall 2015
· Taught students OOP by holding weekly office hours and lab section.
· Improved student understanding by updating course curriculum and documentation.
· Worked with students to develop their design skills via design checks and feedback on projects.

### Minority Peer Counselor @ Brown University Department of Computer Science
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Providence, Rhode Island
· Mentored and supported first year students through their transition to college as a residential advisor.
· Held office hours to provide opportunities for residents to ask questions or seek support.
· Educated students on system oppression by co-facilitating workshops and discussions on social identity and discrimination.

### Front End Engineering Intern @ Neon Lab
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California
· Developed and updated features for Neon’s web application
using React, Sass, and npm
· Implemented mobile support for Neon's web application 
· Investigated and fixed bugs to improve product stability and
user experience

### Quality Assurance Intern @ Blue Shield of California
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
· Accessed quality of web modules and voice recognition technology through testing
· Retrieved information from databases using SQL to iterate through test cases for different types of users with varying credentials


## Education
### Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Computer Science, Ethnic Studies
Brown University

### Adlai E. Stevenson High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexkarim
- Portfolio: https://alexkarim.dev

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Last updated: 2026-03-30