What I do

FULL STACK DEVELOPER WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT VISUAL AND INTERACTIVE DESIGN

html-5
css3
sass
JavaScript
reactjs
nodejs
npm
sql-database
php
docker

Develop highly interactive Front End / User Interfaces for your web applications

Progressive Web Applications development with focus on SEO and web performance optimization

Integration of third party services and libraries

Experiences

Full Stack Software Engineer

Jul 2021 – Present

Upstart is a leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. As we transitioned to being a public company, we’re now poised to leverage our domain expertise and revolutionize every aspect of lending and credit risk evaluation.

Released 6 landing pages in React.js and Next.js, bumping page performance on average from 30% to 90% on mobile, and 60% to 96% on desktop
Build landing pages, focusing on A/B testing, SEO and web performance optimization, ADA, microdata (React, Ruby, Postgress, Node)
Work with translations (i18next, reacti18next, <Trans>)
Write tests in Jest, Rspec and Cucumber, visual testing via Storybook and Chromatic, performing QA and cross-browser testing
Gather analytical data via Looker, SQL, Eventbus, Datadog, and Sumologic

Software Engineer Apprentice

Dec 2020 – Jun 2021

Techtonica is six months of full-time, hands-on, project-based, collaborative software engineering learning with a focus on full-stack JavaScript. The last month is spent preparing to join Techtonica’s partner companies for employment.

Developed 5 full stack applications in various languages (React, Node, Express, Postgres)
Assisted teammates with debugging code and implementing new features
Led team meetings of 12+ coworkers and facilitated daily agenda items

Front-End Developer

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021

Lav Design is a small Graphic and Web Design creative agency, involved with a variety of small business owners, musicians and non-profit clients. Services include logo creation, asset design for print and web, social media and content management, as well as review, analysis, and recommendations in the areas of information architecture, usability, and visual design.

Designed and developed websites and newsletters for 5+ businesses using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JS, and PHP
Increased sales and brand visibility by 25% on average
Communicated with stakeholders to clarify objectives and requirements, including information architecture, SEO, usability, and visual design

Timeline Skill Chart

This chart is calculated based on open-source and public repository contributions on Github. Private repositories such as the ones from working at Upstart are not taken in the consideration. So, there is no Ruby on Rails, etc. In this chart, Reactjs, Nodejs, Expressjs are considered a generic JavaScript skill.

Open Source Projects

lunar-task

Final PERN project for Techtonica

JavaScript

5 MB

webgl-skull-audio-visualizer

WebGl, Three.js and Web Audio API project, based on Dominic Hofacker work.

JavaScript

24.7 MB

social-network

PHP, MySQL, jQuery

JavaScript

8.9 MB

weather-API

Open Weather API widget

JavaScript

2 KB

a-frame_environment

A-frame Scene Tests

HTML

45 MB

font-size-effect

Simple JS Font Magnifying Glass Effect

HTML

1 KB

More Projects

Hi all, I'm Alex

What I do

Experiences

Upstart

Full Stack Software Engineer

Jul 2021 – Present

Techtonica

Software Engineer Apprentice

Dec 2020 – Jun 2021

Lav Design

Front-End Developer

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021

Timeline Skill Chart

Open Source Projects

Education

Berkeley City College

Associate of Arts in Mobile and Web Design

Saint Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television

Bachelor of Arts in Interactive Multimedia

Reach Out to me!

"Hello! I'm a software engineer with a background in graphic design and UX/UI. Looking to apply my passion for visual design and interactivity to web development"