# Alex Lew

> Staff Software Engineer

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexlew

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Observe, Inc.
Jan 2024 – Present | San Mateo, California, United States

### Senior Software Engineer @ Blend
Jan 2018 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Blend
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018
Working on the engineering team here at Blend Labs.

### Summer Strats Analyst @ Goldman Sachs
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | New York City
Worked on the trading floor as a strat, supporting various desks across equities and FICC. Developed internal tools in C++. Also worked on data analysis and modeling of financial products.

### Summer Technology Analyst @ Goldman Sachs
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | New York City
As a member of the Client Platforms team at Goldman Sachs, I worked on a piece of internal communications software. I worked primarily as a developer on a small, 6 person team that was responsible for this product. We employed agile development practices and released on a bi-weekly schedule. Worked in Java, and leveraged technologies such as Apache Storm, HBase, and MongoDB.

### Research Intern @ Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Worked at LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) as a basic physics researcher. Spent 10 weeks researching various piezoelectric materials by constructing test circuits and performing experiments. Learned to use oscilloscopes and various other laboratory equipment as well as studying the underlying physics behind piezoelectric materials. Also used problem solving skills to solve issues that arose over the course of the experiment which included designing equipment specifically for the purposes of this research project.

### Research Intern @ Alcatel-Lucent
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Holmdel, New Jersey
Independently explored topics in network structure, internet protocols, and packet analysis. Designed and carried out an experiment regarding the composition and characteristics of network traffic in various situations and over various protocols. At the end of the project, the data was analyzed, documented, and then presented to the faculty of the laboratory during a tech-talk. 14 hrs/wk for 16 weeks.

### Research Intern @ Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Newark, New Jersey
Worked as a junior member of a research group involved in studying cosmic activity. Gathered data from various sources and created databases in order to store and format the data. Worked on data analysis, documentation, and presentation. Given a secondary credit in published paper. 40 hrs/wk for 8 weeks.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science
Caltech

### High School Degree
High Technology High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alexylew

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Last updated: 2026-04-01