Full-stack Engineer
2020 - 2021AMPLYFI, Ltd.- Led the front-end development of a new, state-of-the-art federated search engine which has since become the company's best-selling SaaS offering.
- Harvested over six million documents for a machine learning pipeline using targeted querying and web crawling. The POC for this project led to the company's largest recurring contract to date.
- Maintained and deployed legacy federated search applications for over 30 customers.
- Created an administrative API that allows internal and external admins to configure pieces of their application, deprecating an extremely time-consuming manual process.
Technologies: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), TeamCity, Linux, Elasticsearch, Python, Web ApplicationsFull-stack Engineer
2018 - 2020Deep Web Technologies, Inc.- Developed a redesigned front end for a legacy federated search engine. This redesign played a key part in the multimillion-dollar acquisition of DWT by AMPLYFI in 2020.
- Maintained and added new features to over 40 customer applications.
- Implemented server-side caching for search engine result sets, resulting in much faster response times for many queries.
- Performed miscellaneous system administration tasks on over 15 Linux servers.
Technologies: JavaScript, React, Java, Linux, System Administration, Knockout (Knockout.js), Web ApplicationsSoftware Engineer
2016 - 2018Freelance- Developed and deployed a web app to replace a legacy volunteer recruitment website. Used React and Node.js in conjunction with Bootstrap. This resulted in a 50% increase in customer conversion.
- Aided in developing a regatta timing application using React Native, Node.js, and Firebase. Since then, the application has been adopted by some of the largest regatta organizers in the world.
- Gained experience working remotely with a small team of engineers and project managers.
Technologies: React, JavaScript, Firebase, Node.js, React Native, Web ApplicationsSoftware Development Intern
2015 - 2015Philips- Used the ASP.NET MVC 4 framework to create a RESTful web service that queries a SQL database via HTTP requests. Implemented public and private key authorization for security.
- Created an administrative website allowing authenticated and authorized users to delete archives via the web service.
- Created a console application to act as a client to the web service and retrieve archives over a firewall via SFTP.
Technologies: ASP.NET, SQL, REST, Web Applications
Alex Engel
Web Application Developer in Seattle, WA, United States
Member since June 2, 2021
Alex is a motivated full-stack engineer with seven years of experience creating and deploying scalable web applications from the ground up. His favorite technologies to work with are React and TypeScript on the front end and Node.js or Java Spring on the back end, deployed with tools such as Docker, AWS, and TeamCity. Alex is seeking positions that involve architecting modern solutions to challenging problems for clients who require effective communication, dedicated teamwork, and clean code.
Alex is now available for hire
Portfolio
- AMPLYFI, Ltd.React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
- Deep Web Technologies, Inc.JavaScript, React, Java, Linux, System Administration, Knockout (Knockout.js)...
- FreelanceReact, JavaScript, Firebase, Node.js, React Native, Web Applications
Experience
- Web Applications 8 years
- JavaScript 8 years
- Java 7 years
- React 6 years
- Node.js 6 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) 3 years
- TypeScript 3 years
- Docker 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), React, TypeScript, Node.js, MongoDB, Java, Python, Docker, JavaScript
The most amazing...
...product I've created is a scalable, industry-leading federated search engine that aggregates, clusters, and ranks documents from over 500 sources.
Employment
Experience
- Federated Search Engine for Researchershttps://amplyfi.com/products/deepresearch/
A modern, scalable, and containerized web application that enables researchers to search over 400 web, paid, and internal sources with one click. I served as a full-stack engineer for this product and was involved with developing the front end of the application using React and TypeScript.
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, Python, SQLLibraries/APIs
React, Node.jsParadigms
REST, Human-computer Interaction (HCI)Storage
MongoDB, ElasticsearchOther
Web Applications, Data Visualization, System Administration, Artificial Intelligence (AI)Frameworks
Knockout (Knockout.js), React Native, ASP.NETPlatforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Linux, FirebaseTools
TeamCity
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Symbolic Systems2012 - 2016Stanford University - Stanford, CA
