# Alex Zelinsky

> Software Engineer @ Netgate

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alexzelinsky

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Netgate
Jan 2022 – Present
• 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.

### Technical Writer @ In Plain English
Jan 2022 – Jan 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

### Constituent Affairs Assistant @ Office of Mayor Darrell Steinberg
Jan 2021 – Jan 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
### University of California, Davis
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022

### Castro Valley High School
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018

### Dale Carnegie Training


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alex-zelinsky
- Website: https://medium.com/@alexzelinsky124
- Website: https://alex-zelinsky-portfolio.vercel.app/

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Last updated: 2026-03-20