# Alex Patterson

> Software Engineering & Leadership

Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexpatterson

Detail-oriented senior software engineer with a strong skill background centered on mobile and web technologies.

Over the last 10 years I've helped create, lead, and own several platform backends, mobile apps (enterprise and App Store), and web products, all while being involved in the DevOps plumbing required to keep them ticking.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Prospyr Medical
Jan 2023 – Present | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

### Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer @ Goodside Health
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Austin, Texas, United States
Engineering Leadership
• Technical lead for a team of 4 engineers across all career stages
• Mentored, paired, and led code review with team
• Guided team on overall technology strategy and alignment

Full-Stack Engineering
• Contributed architecture, design, and generalist programming to multiple frontend and backend software stacks (TypeScript, Node, React, Next.js, Fastify, GraphQL)
• Primary contributor to a telemedicine video calling application (React, Twilio Video SDK)

DevOps
• Built and maintained automated pipelines for containerized software releases across multiple projects (GitHub Actions, Terraform, AWS CDK, AWS, Docker)
• Established team patterns for unit, integration, and E2E tests in multiple codebases
• Built and maintained infrastructure monitoring for critical performance and uptime metrics (Sentry, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch)

Mobile Device Management
• Built device management strategy for fleet of 750+ iPads distributed to school partners
• Assisted with onboarding, configuration, and network firewall guidance for diverse sets of wireless networks in our partners' education IT environments

### Freelance Software Engineer @ Unknown
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Early-Stage Software Engineering
• Contract work on Greenfield projects for clients

Goodside Health
• Worked initially as external contractor, converted to FTE

### Principal Software Engineer @ The Guild
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Austin, Texas Area
Full-Stack Engineering
• Contributed architectural, design, and efficiency improvements to the Guild's in-house platform

DevOps
• Introduced continuous integration and delivery practices to all codebases (CircleCI, GitHub Actions)
• Introduced unit and integration testing best practices

Mobile Platform Engineering
• Led development of a native iOS app used in-house for guest self service (iOS 13, Swift 5.x)
• Built robust suite of UI automation and unit tests
• Automated release, delivery, and deployment workflow using GitHub Actions and iOS MDM

Other Projects
• Built a data warehousing solution for use with existing BI tooling (Looker)
• Contributed to networking infrastructure design for new Guild properties

### iOS Software Engineer @ Yonomi
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Austin, Texas Area
iOS Engineering
• Responsible for the Yonomi iOS application, and various internal, partner, and concept/prototyping work
• Built iOS Notification Center widget and Apple Watch App (watchOS 3/4/5, Swift 3/4/4.2)
• Leveraged a wide number iOS platform technologies: Core Location Geofencing, Background App Refresh, Core Data, Push Notifications, and HomeKit

Platform Engineering
• Contributed mobile-focused performance and design improvements to product backend (Node.js)
• Built and maintained the current Yonomi Amazon Alexa Connected Home skill (Node.js, AWS Lambda, Alexa Connected Home API v3)
• Established a continuous integration workflow for Yonomi's mobile app and "Yonomi One" backend products (CircleCI, Docker, Heroku)
• Established automated unit and integration testing across multiple Yonomi One microservices (Node.js, Jest, CircleCI)

Company Operations
• Deployed and maintained a modern 802.11ac wireless network across two remote business sites, providing infrastructure for videoconferencing, collaboration, and 50+ simultaneous clients

### iOS App Development Instructor @ Hello World CS
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Hello World Tech Studio provides computer science enrichment programs taught by professional software engineers and educators to empower the next generation of innovators.<br><br>• As a group of instructors, taught an iOS and Swift immersive development course to 6-8th grade students<br>• Worked one-on-one with advanced students to accelerate their learning and bring their ideas to life<br>• Contribute mentorship opportunities when available in smaller breakout sessions on weekends

### Lead Mobile Engineer @ Buzz Points, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015
• Full stack development work across multiple Buzz Points properties, including consumer facing applications, mobile web, marketing sites, and internal dashboards.
• Developed the native Buzz Points iOS application on small team
• Built and maintained iOS and Android continuous integration system running on Jenkins

### Development Intern @ Buzz Points, Inc.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
I worked in the development team, doing a wide variety of tasks not limited to backend work and creating great user experiences.


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22