# Alex W.

> Software Engineer at Forma

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexw1

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Forma
Jan 2021 – Present
Build and scale UIs across the org to support our flexible benefits platform for our members, customer admins and internal operations — serving over 500 of the world's strongest brands and their employees including Microsoft, Salesforce, and Figma. I focus on creating performant, accessible interfaces, improving developer workflows, and contributing to our internal UI library to ensure consistency and velocity across teams.

Partner with product and design to deliver tools that help our teams move faster while maintaining quality at scale. From a 70 person org when I joined to 250+, I’ve played a key role in evolving our front-end architecture, shaping DX tooling, and leveling up how we build and ship high-trust user experiences.

### Senior Software Engineer @ VMLY&R
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Developed performant, accessible React components for large-scale web platforms using Adobe Experience Manager for Sherwin-William Valspar brand refresh.

### Software Development Engineer @ RT Specialty
Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Full-stack development of internal apps and APIs, including a green field surplus tax filing system built with React/Node.js/SQL server. Spearheaded efforts to eventually migrate the project to .NET Core and Angular as the team grew.

### Software Developer @ Cerner Corporation
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
Develop, test and maintain internal applications from web-apps to command line scripts. Powershell, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, MariaDB, ReactJS

### Software Intern @ Cerner Corporation
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Migrated a game used for high school health education from Adobe Flash to Html/Css/Js for accessibility as flash was being deprecated and for improved compatibility with different devices across school districts.

### Teaching Assistant @ University of Missouri-Kansas City
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Kansas City, Missouri Area
CS101 Python
Grading and providing insightful feedback to help students in their learning of programming and python

### Technical Assistant - Cantor Film Center @ New York University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
A/V Technician & Projectionist for classes, special events and film festival at the venue. Set up required equipment and monitored presentations for quality assurance.


## Education
### Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA in Minor: Computer Science, Cinematography and Film/Video Production
New York University

### Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017

### Computer Science
University of Missouri-Kansas City


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-22