Reviews of my work: my.searchlight.ai/akritskiy Some highlights... "Alex is the best frontend engineer I’ve ever had work for me. His attention to detail is exquisite and his dedication to his work is second to none." - Jason Devine, CTO, Rippleworx "Alex grasps complex problem-spaces easily.

2022 — NowFanDuelSoftware Engineer

2022 — Now

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Led backend development and infrastructure setup for the team's first project (personalizing popular navigation)

Onboarded new engineers and conducted dozens of coding and system design interviews

Recognized as an MVP in internal All-Stars program and got "exceeds expectations" performance rating in my first year

Led frontend development for the team's first search project (contextual search)

Built various features across AceAI, Search, Cross-Sell, Personalization, etc., and supported various back-end services.

Technologies used: React, React Native, Typescript, Node.js, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Buildkite, Locust, Python, DataDog, Sentry, Amplitude, Cursor.

2021 — 2022Rooms To GoSenior Frontend Developer

2021 — 2022

Atlanta, GA (hybrid)

Was the unplanned work team lead - point of contact for problems and ad-hoc requests

Delivered feature that resulted in ten-fold increase in RTG credit card applications

Mentored junior engineers

Typescript, React, Gatsby, Redux, React Query, Material UI, Contentful/Strapi

2019 — 2021RippleWorxSoftware Engineer

2019 — 2021

Atlanta, GA (remote)

As Ripple’s third engineer hire, led overhaul of the web UI and helped rebuild the mobile app

Built various features (pages, forms, pickers, drag n’ drop dashboards, localization system, UI themes, graceful degradation for legacy browsers, webpack plugins, notification/reminder system, real-time chat, etc.)

Researched technologies/services, made recommendations based on value add/cost/ease of implementation, and integrated them in our apps (Material UI, Sentry, TinyMCE)

Typescript, Node.js, Jest, React, React Native, Material UI, MobX, Express, Parse Server, MongoDB

2018 — 2019Kimberly-ClarkScientist

2018 — 2019

Roswell, GA

Developed LC analytical methods (LC-MSD, LC-FTIR, LC-UV, LC-ELSD) to troubleshoot manufacturing process and product problems.

2016 — 2017The Coca-Cola CompanyChemist

2016 — 2017

Atlanta, GA

Chemical analysis for QA/compliance: gas chromatography (GC-MSD, GC-ECD), wet chemistry (acidity/alkalinity/conductivity/turbidity/pH), and US Pharmacopeia monograph tests, as part of ISO 17025 and NELAC certified North America Analytical Services.

Education

2010 — 2014

Columbus State University

BS

2010 — 2014

2018 — 2019

Kennesaw State University

MS

2018 — 2019

2013 — 2013

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

Chemical & Pharmaceutical Science

2013 — 2013

Experience+

Education

BS

MS

Chemical & Pharmaceutical Science