Experience

2022 — NowNetgateSoftware Engineer

2022 — Now

Led full-stack development of the company’s high-traffic storefront and its API-driven internal services, leveraging JavaScript/React, Python/Django, HTML, and CSS to maintain data sync, improve user experience, and drive conversions.

Developed a custom Shopify app with the Checkout Extensibility API to embed express checkouts, driving $10M+ in revenue.

Engineered automation tools for firmware image delivery and on-demand reporting, empowering support, sales, and marketing teams.

2022 — 2024In Plain EnglishTechnical Writer

2022 — 2024

Composed technical articles for the JavaScript in Plain English publication, which has over three million monthly readers

Authored content that succinctly explains web development concepts, such as JavaScript methods, OOP, data structures and algorithms, and web security

Publication: https://plainenglish.io/

My Articles: https://medium.com/@alexzelinsky124

2021 — 2021Office of Mayor Darrell SteinbergConstituent Affairs Assistant

2021 — 2021

Sacramento, California, United States

Addressed 30+ constituent cases in Salesforce daily to ensure constituent satisfaction with the Mayor’s initiatives

Researched federal, state, and local policies and wrote executive summaries to help develop content for the Mayor’s blog

Education

2018 — 2022

University of California, Davis

2018 — 2022

2014 — 2018

Castro Valley High School

2014 — 2018

Dale Carnegie Training